Table 3

Control group mortality in four well-known studies that have investigated 'high-risk' surgical patients

Study
Mortality (%)

Shoemaker and colleagues [6]
33
Boyd and colleagues [57]
22.2
Wilson and colleagues [58]
17
Sandham and colleagues [59]
7.7

Boyd and Jackson Critical Care 2005 9:390   doi:10.1186/cc3057