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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2020 Oct;48(10):e916–e926. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004505

TABLE 4.

Convergent Construct Validity, Restricted to the 18 Hospitals That Reported the Proxy Measures for Organ Dysfunction Below in at Least 75% of Cases

Critical Care Data Element (Proxy Measure for Organ Dysfunction) IPSO Sepsis Episodes With This Element Reported, n Element Present in n (%) IPSO Sepsis Episodes IPSO Critical Sepsis Episodes With This Element Reported, n Element Present in n (%) IPSO Critical Sepsis Episodes
ICU admission 5,214 3,728 (71.5) 1,931 1,662 (86.1)
New positive-pressure ventilation 4,443 1,539 (34.6) 1,625 711 (43.7)
Lactate ≥ 4 mmol/L 4,456 733 (16.4) 1,797 433 (24.1)
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation 5,193 119 (2.3) 1,923 66 (3.4)
Any of the above categories 5,219 3,850 (73.8) 1,934 1,701 (87.9)

IPSO = Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes.