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. 2013 Oct 29;17(5):R258. doi: 10.1186/cc13085

Table 1.

Characteristics of studies included

Study
Departmental data obtained by personal communication with the corresponding author
Author   Year Design Population Number of PDTs Number of deaths Mortality rate Number of PDTs Number of deaths Mortality rate
Byhahn
[16]
 
CR
 
 
2
 
 
   
 
Cobean
[15]
 
CR
 
 
1
 
 
   
 
Hutchinson
[17]
1991
CR
 
 
1
 
 
   
 
Cokis
[18]
2000
CR
 
 
1
 
 
   
 
Hürter
[19]
2000
CR
Surgical
 
1
 
252
  2
0.79
Drage
[20]
2002
CR
 
 
1
 
 
   
 
Maeda
[21]
2002
CR
Mixed
 
1
 
 
   
 
Soubirou
[22]
2002
CR
Surgical
 
1
 
 
   
 
Ryan
[23]
2003
CR
 
 
1
 
 
   
 
Shlugman
[24]
2003
CR
Neurological
 
1
 
700
  1
0.14
McCormick
[25]
2005
CR
Mixed
 
3
 
2,100
  4
0.19
Grant
[26]
2006
CR
Mixed
 
3
 
 
   
 
Rosolski
[27]
2006
CR
Mixed
 
1
 
420
  1
0.24
Ayoub
[28]
2007
CR
 
 
1
 
 
   
 
Zehlicke
[29]
2007
CR
 
 
1
 
 
   
 
Wang
[30]
2009
CR
 
 
1
 
 
   
 
Hoiting
[31]
2010
CR
 
 
2
 
 
   
 
Gilbey
[32]
2012
CR
Mixed
 
1
 
420
  1
0.24
Ivatury
[33]
1992
RS
 
61
1
1.64
 
   
 
Cobean
[34]
1996
RS
Mixed
65
1
1.54
1,080
  2
0.19
van Heurn
[35]
1996
RS
Mixed
150
1
0.67
880
  1
0.11
Thompson
[36]
2001
RS
Medical
300
1
0.33
 
   
 
Pandit
[37]
2006
RS
Mixed
501
1
0.20
1,265
  2
0.16
Klein
[38]
2007
RS
Mixed
207
1
0.48
 
   
 
Dennis
[39]
2013
RS
 
3162
5
0.16
3,162
  5
0.16
Toye
[40]
1986
POS
 
94
1
1.06
 
   
 
Marelli
[41]
1990
POS
 
61
1
1.64
 
   
 
Wang
[42]
1992
POS
Surgical
7
1
14.29
 
   
 
Friedman
[43]
1993
POS
 
100
1
1.00
 
   
 
Cole
[44]
1994
POS
 
55
1
1.82
 
   
 
Barba
[45]
1995
POS
Surgical
27
1
3.70
 
   
 
Muhl
[46]
1995
POS
Surgical
14
1
7.14
720
  1
0.14
Joosten
[47]
1996
POS
Surgical
53
1
1.89
420
  1
0.24
Marx
[48]
1996
POS
 
254
1
0.39
 
   
 
Berrouschot
[49]
1997
POS
Neurological
76
2
2.63
900
  2
0.22
Walz
[50]
1998
POS
 
337
2
0.59
 
   
 
Suh
[51]
1999
POS
 
95
2
2.11
1,040
  2
0.19
Escarment
[52]
2000
POS
 
162
2
1.23
 
   
 
Kearney
[53]
2000
POS
Mixed
827
5
0.60
5,400
  9
0.17
Lim
[54]
2000
POS
 
261
2
0.77
 
   
 
Norwood
[55]
2000
POS
 
422
1
0.24
 
   
 
Tan
[56]
2004
POS
 
352
1
0.28
 
   
 
Byhahn
[57]
2005
POS
Surgical
474
2
0.42
2,775
  4
0.14
Chiu
[58]
2005
POS
Medical
107
1
0.93
900
  1
0.11
Páez
[59]
2005
POS
 
38
2
5.26
 
   
 
Porter
[60]
1999
RT
Surgical
12
1
8.33
 
   
 
Massick
[61]
2001
RT
Medical
50
1
2.00
 
   
 
Own cases
 
 
 
Mixed
 
3
 
1,873
  3
0.16
Summary         8324 71 2.18* 24,307   42 0.17

*Calculated mean mortality rate including data from retrospective studies, prospective observational studies and randomized trials. CR, case report, RS, retrospective study, POS, prospective observational study, RT, randomized trial.