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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Discrepancies between clinical and postmortem diagnoses in critically ill patients: an observational study

Characteristic

No postmortem examination (n = 587)

Postmortem examination (n = 49)

P

Age (years)

69 (55–75)

69 (62–74)

NS

APACHE II score

21 (17–24.5)

22 (19.5–27.5)

NS

Predicted mortality (%)

36 (25–53)

42 (29–60.5)

NS

Duration of ICU stay (days)

2.7 (1.2–7.2)

2 (1–10)

0.038

Surgical (%)

47

70

0.01

  1. Shown is a comparison of patients who underwent and those who did not undergo postmortem examination. Values are expressed as median (interquartile range). APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU, intensive care unit; NS, not significant.
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