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Summary of existing multicentre literature on case mix and outcomes for admissions to UK critical care units |
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| CMPD |
ICS APACHE II Study in Britain and Ireland [20,21] |
European/ North American Severity Study Group* [22] |
North Thames Region [23] |
Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group [24] |
South West Thames Region [25] |
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| Admissions |
129,647 |
9155 |
136 |
12,762 |
10,393 |
16,646 |
| Units |
128 |
26 |
4 |
15 |
22 |
17 |
| Mean age |
58.7 |
56.3 |
57.4 |
57.1 |
58.9 |
61 |
| Male (%) |
58.7 |
60.0 |
61.8 |
- |
55.4 |
58.8 |
| Surgical status (%) |
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| Nonsurgical |
55.1 |
43.2 |
47.8 |
- |
51.4 |
59.0 |
| Elective |
26.0 |
21.2 |
24.3 |
- |
21.3 |
25.1 |
| Emergency |
18.7 |
25.6 |
27.9 |
- |
27.3 |
15.9 |
| APACHE II |
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| Mean score |
16.5 |
17.9 |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
| Mean probability |
0.255 |
0.272 |
- |
0.286 |
0.300 |
0.224 |
| Mortality (%) |
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| Unit |
20.3 |
17.9 |
- |
23.7 |
20.5 |
18.3 |
| Hospital |
28.6 |
27.7 |
32.4 |
32.5 |
29.4 |
26.6 |
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APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CMPD, Case Mix Programme Database; ICS, Intensive Care Society; -, not available from published report(s). * UK admissions only selected from a multinational database | ||||||
Harrison et al. Critical Care 2004 9(Suppl 3):S1 doi:10.1186/cc3745 |
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