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Crude mortality by calendar year (1997 to 2005) for patients admitted to ICU following presentation to the emergency department in Australia and New Zealand with sepsis or septic shock |
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| Calendar year |
Percent ICU mortality (n)a |
Percent hospital mortality (n)b |
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| 1997 |
27.4 (96/351) |
35.6 (124/348) |
| 1998 |
29.1 (87/298) |
37.7 (113/301) |
| 1999 |
22.6 (60/266) |
30.7 (80/261) |
| 2000 |
27.8 (148/534) |
35.2 (184/522) |
| 2001 |
23.3 (196/840) |
31.6 (256/809) |
| 2002 |
21.7 (219/1,011) |
28.1 (280/994) |
| 2003 |
19.7 (241/1,223) |
25.8 (311/1,209) |
| 2004 |
18.5 (260/1,403) |
24.9 (350/1,403) |
| 2005 |
15.6 (207/1,324) |
21.2 (281/1,325) |
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aFor ICU mortality, total number of patients = 7,250 (data not available for 399 patients (5.2 percent)). bFor hospital mortality, total number of patients = 7,172 (data not available for 477 patients (6.2 percent). ICU, intensive care unit. (Reproduced with permission from [15].) | ||
Delaney et al. Critical Care 2008 12:210 doi:10.1186/cc6849 |
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