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Table 2 Summary of included admissions

From: External validation of the intensive care national audit & research centre (ICNARC) risk prediction model in critical care units in Scotland

Characteristic

Overall

2007

2008

2009

Number of admissions

23,269

7,396

7,994

7,879

Age

 Mean (SD)

57.5 (18.0)

57.6 (18.1)

57.4 (18.2)

57.5 (17.8)

 Median (IQR)

61 (45, 72)

61 (45, 72)

61 (45, 72)

61 (45, 71)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

10,211 (43.9)

3,218 (43.5)

3,543 (44.3)

3,450 (43.8)

 Male

13,058 (56.1)

4,178 (56.5)

4,451 (55.7)

4,429 (56.2)

Surgical status, n (%)

 Elective/scheduled

2,438 (10.5)

695 (9.4)

846 (10.6)

897 (11.4)

 Emergency/urgent

5,196 (22.4)

1,580 (21.4)

1,851 (23.2)

1,765 (22.5)

 Non-surgical

15,608 (67.2)

5,121 (69.2)

5,296 (66.3)

5,191 (66.1)

ICNARC Physiology Score

 Mean (SD)

19.6 (9.5)

20.0 (9.5)

19.4 (9.5)

19.2 (9.4)

 Median (IQR)

18 (12, 25)

18 (13, 26)

18 (12, 25)

18 (12, 25)

ICNARC model (2009 recalibration) predicted risk of acute hospital mortality (%)

 Mean (SD)

30.1 (26.3)

31.2 (26.6)

29.7 (26.3)

29.6 (26.0)

 Median (IQR)

22.3 (7.3, 47.9)

24.0 (7.8, 49.6)

21.8 (7.1, 47.0)

21.4 (7.2, 47.3)

APACHE II Score

 Mean (SD)

19.1 (8.1)

19.2 (8.0)

19.1 (8.2)

18.9 (8.2)

 Median (IQR)

18 (13, 24)

19 (13, 24)

18 (13, 24)

18 (13, 24)

APACHE II predicted risk of acute hospital mortality (%)

 Mean (SD)

33.0 (25.3)

33.3 (25.0)

32.9 (25.3)

32.8 (25.5)

 Median (IQR)

27.4 (11.3, 49.7)

28.5 (12.0, 49.7)

27.0 (11.3, 49.7)

26.6 (10.9, 50.1)

Acute hospital mortality

 Deaths (%)

6,907 (29.7)

2,296 (31.0)

2,342 (29.3)

2,269 (28.8)

 [95% CI]

[29.1, 30.3]

[30.0, 32.1]

[28.3, 30.3]

[27.8, 29.8]

  1. Summary of included admissions for the full three-year SICSAG database extract and for each year from 2007 to 2009.
  2. APACHE, Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation; CI, confidence interval; ICNARC, Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; SICSAG, Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group.