Table 4.

GRADE evidence profile.

Outcome examined (n = 34)	Study design	Certainty assessment					Summary of findings				Certainty
		Risk for bias	Inconsistency	Indirectness	Imprecision	Publication bias	DA/non-DA pts (n)	Relative effect (95% CI)	Absolute effects (95% CI)
									DA	Non-DA
Mortality	Observational cohort (⊕⊕⊕O)	Not serious	Serious	Not serious	Not serious	Not serious	40,348/316,588	OR, 1.61 (1.44, 1.81)	271 per 1,000 (258-284)	163 per 1,000 (154-172)	Low (⊕⊕OO)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; DA: delayed ICU admission; pts: patients.