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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

From: A comparison between the APACHE II and Charlson Index Score for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients

Age (y)

 

   Mean ± SD*

56.9 ± 19.7

Sex (%)

 

   Male

2142 (57.0)

   Female

1615 (43.0)

   Unknown

21 (0.50)

Length of ICU stay (days)

 

   Median (IQR)†

2.8 (1.2,6.4)

Admitting APACHE II Score

 

   Mean ± SD

19.6 ± 8.6

First TISS score‡

 

   Mean ± SD*

35.0 ± 14.0

In hospital Mortality (%)

 

   Frequency

1026 (27.2)

ICU mortality (%)

 

   Frequency

712 (18.9)

Charlson Index Score

 

   Median (IQR; maximum)†

1 (0,2;13)

Chronic Health Points (%)

 

   0

2643 (70.0)

   2

95 (2.5)

   5

985 (26.1)

   Unknown

55 (1.5)

APS

 

   Mean ± SD

15.2 ± 7.7

  1. Total sample size = 3778, unless otherwise stated.
  2. *SD = standard deviation
  3. †IQR = interquartile range
  4. ‡TISS = Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System