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Case mix, outcome and activity for obstetric and non-obstetric admissions to critical care units |
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| All obstetric admissions (n = 1902) |
Direct obstetric admissions (n = 1452) |
Indirect or coincidental obstetric admissions (n = 450) |
Female nonobstetric admissions aged 16–50 years (n = 22,938) |
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| Case mix |
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| Age (years)a |
30 (25–34) [16–50] |
30 (25–34) [16–47] |
29 (24–34) [16–50] |
37 (28–44) [16–50] |
| APACHE II APSb,d |
10.8 (5.5) [0–41] |
10.7 (5.3) [0–41] |
11.2 (5.8) [0–34] |
12.7 (6.9) [0–50] |
| APACHE II scored |
10.9 (5.5) [0–41] |
10.8 (5.4) [0–41] |
11.4 (6.0) [2–39] |
13.7 (7.3) [0–50] |
| Surgical statusc |
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| Nonsurgical |
862 (45.4) |
630 (43.4) |
232 (51.6) |
16,246 (70.9) |
| Elective surgery |
145 (7.6) |
75 (5.2) |
70 (15.5) |
3550 (15.5) |
| Emergency surgery |
893 (47.0) |
745 (51.4) |
148 (32.9) |
3123 (13.6) |
| Outcome |
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| Mortalityc |
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| CMP unit (ICU) |
44 (2.3) |
25 (1.7) |
19 (4.2) |
3372 (14.7) |
| Any hospitale |
58 (3.1) |
32 (2.2) |
26 (6.0) |
4206 (19.6) |
| Activity |
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| Length of stay (days) |
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| CMP unit (survivors) |
1.1 (0.7–2.3) [0–72] |
1.1 (0.7–2.1) [0–41] |
1.1 (0.6–2.7) [0–72] |
1.5 (0.8–3.8) [0–209] |
| CMP unit (nonsurvivors) |
1.3 (0.5–4.5) [0–59] |
1.1 (0.3–10.3) [0–59] |
1.5 (0.6–3.2) [0–21] |
1.8 (0.7–5.2) [0–165] |
| Any hospitale (survivors) |
10 (6–15) [0–417] |
9 (6–14) [1–417] |
11 (6–20) [0–373] |
12 (6–27) [0–767] |
| Any hospitale (nonsurvivors) |
4.5 (2–13) [0–79] |
6 (1.5–14) [0–62] |
3.5 (2–10) [0–79] |
5 (2–16) [0–669] |
| Readmissionsc |
17 (0.9) |
7 (0.5) |
10 (2.2) |
945 (4.1) |
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Values are expressed as amedian (interquartile range) [range], bmean (standard deviation) [range], or cn (%). dAcute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II exclusions: age <16 years, stay <8 hours, readmission within same hospital stay, transfer from another intensive care unit (ICU), admission following coronary artery bypass grafting, and admission for primary burns. eExcluding readmissions within the same hospital stay. APS, Acute Physiology Score; CMP, Case Mix Programme. | ||||
Harrison et al. Critical Care 2005 9(Suppl 3):S25 doi:10.1186/cc3542 |
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