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Table 1 Dataset characteristics

From: Dynamic early warning scores for predicting clinical deterioration in patients with respiratory disease

 

Full dataset (training)

Full dataset (validation)

Annotated dataset (training)

Annotated dataset (validation)

Admission episodes

26,470

5120

829

271

Age (mean [SD])

66.3 (17.2)

65.6 (16.8)

66.6 (15.0)

65.6 (16.4)

Female (n [%])

14,172 (53.5)

2540 (49.6)

440 (53.1)

135 (49.8)

Mortality (n [%])

1616 (6.1)

425 (8.3)

173 (20.9)

27 (10.0)

ICU admission

(n [%])

648 (2.4)

311 (6.1)

362 (43.7)

71 (26.2)

Observation sets

787,662

175,899

52,803

16,830

NEWS-2 score (mean [SD])

3.5 (2.5)

3.0 (2.1)

4.6 (2.7)

4.6 (2.7)

Annotated CSD events

1036

347

Observations sets positive for outcome (n [%])*

16,726 (2.1)

5358 (3.0)

2840 (5.4)

951 (5.7)

  1. SD standard deviation, ICU intensive care unit, CSD clinically significant deterioration
  2. *Outcome was death or intensive care unit admission occurring within 24 h for full dataset; and clinically significant deterioration occurring within 4 h for annotated dataset