Subjective and objective survival prediction in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

ICU risk assessment tools, routinely used for predicting population outcomes, are not recommended for evaluating individual risk. The state of health of single patients is mostly subjectively assessed to inform relatives and presumably to decide on treatment decisions. However, little is known how subjective and objective survival estimates compare.

Methods

We performed a prospective cohort study in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients across five European centres, assessed 62 objective markers and asked the clinical staff to subjectively estimate the probability of surviving 28 days.

Results

Within the 961 included patients, we identified 27 single objective predictors for 28-day survival (73.8%) and pooled them into predictive groups. While pat

SUBMITTER: Boeck L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10114386 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature