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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2008 Jul;36(7):2061–2069. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31817b8925

Table 5.

Prognosis for Prolonged Ventilation (ProVent) Score

Provent Score Development Set Validation Set
n (%) Predicted 1-year Mortality Observed 1-year Mortality n (%) Observed 1-year Mortality
95% (CI)
0 41 (21) 0.12 (0.06, 0.21) 0.15 14 (14) 0.14
1 98 (50) 0.44 (0.36, 0.53) 0.42 42 (42) 0.43
2 26 (13) 0.83 (0.71, 0.90) 0.88 21 (21) 0.86
3 22 (11) 0.97 (0.90, 0.99) 0.95 13 (13) 1.0
4 9 (5) 0.99 (0.97, 1.0) 1.0 8 (8) 1.0
Development Set Validation Set
Predicted 3-month Mortality Observed 3-month Mortality Observed 3-month Mortality
95% (CI)
0 41 (21) 0.10 (0.05, 0.17) 0.12 14 (14) 0.07
1 98 (50) 0.32 (0.25, 0.40) 0.29 42 (42) 0.38
2 26 (13) 0.67 (0.55, 0.77) 0.77 21 (22) 0.80
3 22 (11) 0.90 (0.78, 0.95) 0.91 13 (14) 0.85
4 9 (5) 0.97 (0.91, 0.99) 0.89 8 (8) 1.0

Variables measured on Day 21 of mechanical ventilation:

Age ≥50 = 1 point

Vasopressor = 1 point

Platelets ≤150 x 109/L = 1 point

Requires Hemodialysis = 1 point