Table 1

Details of the ICU admissions and the subgroups of post-ICU admissions included in the development and validation cohorts

Development (OUH)Validation (RBH)
ICU admissions included, n81623421
Age, years62 (47–72) (59)65 (51–75) (62)
Female sex, n3381 (41.4%)1480 (43.3%)
LoS in ICU, days1.9 (1.0–4.0) (4.2)2.0 (1.0–4.5) (4.2)
Outcome
 ICU readmission, n543 (6.7%)154 (4.5%)
 Time to ICU readmission, hours92 (37–205) (225)101 (43–283) (340)
 In-hospital death, n462 (5.7%)218 (6.4%)
 Time to in-hospital death, hours296 (84–781) (701)204 (66–600) (540)
 Adverse event, n902 (11.1%)329 (9.6%)
Post-ICU admissions included, n273136
Age, year64 (51–72) (60)66 (55–73) (63)
Female sex, n85 (31.1)61 (45)
LoS in ICU, days1.9 (1.0–3.9) (3.5)1.3 (0.9–3.0) (3.4)
Outcome
 ICU readmission, n18 (6.6%)9 (6.6%)
 Time to ICU readmission, hours162 (73–220) (215)108 (72–202) (153)
 In-hospital death, n6 (2.2%)4 (2.9%)
 Time to in-hospital death, hours216 (66–514) (356)322 (244–365) (288)
 Adverse event, n23 (8.4%)11 (8.1%)
  • Continuous (numerical) variables are displayed as median (IQR) (mean), and count variables are displayed as counts (%). ‘OUH’ refers to admissions from the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s two adult ICUs. ‘RBH’ refers to admissions from the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust’s single adult ICU.

  • ICU, intensive care unit; LoS, length of stay.