Table 8
Comparison of different mortality prediction models
| Patient group | Institutions | Patient group size - validation set included | Study period | Data collection period | End point | Sensitivity at 0.74 specificity | Area under ROC curve for validation sample | Name of score (reference) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inborn 501-1500 g | 7 | 3603 | 1987-9 | Pre- and perinatal | Death | 8-1590.77 | 0.82 | Horbar 1993 |
| < 1500 g and ventilated; patients who died in the first 12 h or had severe congenital malformations were excluded | 2 | 262 | 1983-9 | Pre-, peri-, and neonatal (12 h) | Death > 12 h | 0.81 | Tarnow 1990 | |
| Newborns; late readmitted and moribund patients excluded | 3 | 1621 | 1989-90 | Neonatal (24 h) | Death | 8-1590.88 | 0.90 (0.828-151) | SNAP (Richardson 1993) |
| Newborns; late readmitted and moribund patients excluded | 3 | 1621 | 1989-90 | Peri- and neonatal (24 h) | Death | 8-1590.91 | 0.93 (0.798-151) | SNAP-PE (Richards 1993) |
| < 1500 g or < 31 weeks gestation; lethal congenital malformations excluded | 4 | 1201 | 1988-90 | Pre-, peri-, and neonatal (12 h) | Death | 8-1590.87 | 0.90 | CRIB (INN 1993) |
| < 1501 g or < 32 weeks gestation | 1 | 890 | 1990-6 | Pre- and perinatal | Neonatal death | 0.99 | 0.95 | This article |
