TABLE 5.
MORTALITY ACCORDING TO INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ADMISSION DIAGNOSIS
| Prompting Group |
Control Group |
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| Deaths/Total | Mortality Rate | Deaths/Total | Mortality Rate | |
| Hospital Mortality | ||||
| Sepsis | 6/32 | 0.19 | 11/32 | 0.34 |
| GI | 1/7 | 0.14 | 6/8 | 0.75 |
| Pulmonary | 2/6 | 0.33 | 2/7 | 0.29 |
| Urinary | 0/9 | 0 | 1/5 | 0.20 |
| Soft tissue | 0/2 | 0 | 0/3 | 0 |
| Unknown | 3/8 | 0.38 | 2/9 | 0.22 |
| Pneumonia | 4/20 | 0.20 | 5/11 | 0.46 |
| Obstructive lung disease | 1/8 | 0.13 | 0/15 | 0 |
| Other respiratory* | 0/13 | 0 | 6/14 | 0.43 |
| All other diagnoses | 3/67 | 0.045 | 4/53 | 0.075 |
| ICU Mortality | ||||
| Sepsis | 3/32 | 0.094 | 7/32 | 0.22 |
| GI | 1/7 | 0.14 | 4/8 | 0.50 |
| Pulmonary | 1/6 | 0.17 | 1/7 | 0.14 |
| Urinary | 0/9 | 0 | 0/5 | 0 |
| Soft tissue | 0/2 | 0 | 0/3 | 0 |
| Unknown | 1/8 | 0.13 | 2/9 | 0.22 |
| Pneumonia | 4/20 | 0.20 | 4/11 | 0.36 |
| Obstructive lung disease | 0/8 | 0 | 0/15 | 0 |
| Other respiratory* | 0/13 | 0 | 5/14 | 0.36 |
| All other diagnoses | 2/67 | 0.030 | 1/53 | 0.019 |
Note: Diagnoses, including sepsis subdiagnoses, are adapted from the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) IV prediction models (14, 15).
*
Includes acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary hemorrhage/hemoptysis, pleural effusion, respiratory arrest, lung cancer, sleep apnea, and nonspecified respiratory diagnoses.