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Table 3 Number of patients and hospital mortality in groups stratified by VSSinitial and VSSmax scores

From: Risk assessment in the first fifteen minutes: a prospective cohort study of a simple physiological scoring system in the emergency department

 

VSS initial

VSS max

 

Number of patients (%)

Hospital mortality

Number of patients (%)

Hospital mortality

VSS 0

3,625 (82.6%)

3.9%

3,217 (73.3%)

3.6%

VSS 1

490 (11.2%)

13.9%

577 (13.1%)

11.6%

VSS 2

167 (3.8%)

25.1%

450 (10.3%)

13.1%

VSS 3

58 (1.3%)

43.1%

79 (1.8%)

36.7%

VSS ≥ 4

48 (1.1%)

79.2%

65 (1.5%)

69.2%

  1. VSS, Vital Sign Score
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