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Table 4 Observed and predicted risks of in-hospital mortality for different POSPOM scores

From: Validation of the PreOperative Score to predict Post-Operative Mortality (POSPOM) in Dutch non-cardiac surgery patients

POSPOM score ≥

Incidence of mortality (n)

Number of patients (n)

Observed risk of in-hospital mortality (%)

Predicted risk of in-hospital mortality (%)

Difference between predicted and observed in-hospital mortality (%)

20

0

174

0.0

0.4

0.4

21

0

159

0.0

0.5

0.5

22

0

189

0.0

0.7

0.7

23

0

162

0.0

1.0

1.0

24

1

195

0.5

1.3

0.8

25

0

143

0.0

1.7

1.7

26

1

144

0.7

2.3

1.6

27

1

149

0.7

3.1

2.5

28

1

120

0.8

4.2

3.4

29

1

138

0.7

5.6

4.9

30

1

128

0.8

7.4

6.6

31

1

95

1.1

9.8

8.7

32

1

65

1.5

12.8

11.2

33

2

36

5.6

16.5

11.0

34

2

36

5.6

21.1

15.6

35

0

14

0.0

26.6

26.6

36

2

17

11.8

32.9

21.2

37

0

6

0.0

39.9

39.9

38

0

3

0.0

47.3

47.3

39

0

4

0.0

54.9

54.9

40

0

6

0.0

62.2

62.2

  1. Abbreviations: POSPOM PreOperative Score to predict PostOperative Mortality