Table 2 Details of included studies
Ref | Lead Author | Publication year | Total number of patients in study | Patients in ICU group | Country | No of sites | Bias scores (high (HQ), medium (MQ) or low quality (LQ)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[16] | Barfod | 2012 | 6279 | 102 | Denmark | 1 | 5 - MQ |
[17] | Calzavacca | 2012 | 95 | 15 | Australia | 1 | 2 - LQ |
[18] | Churpek | 2013 | 59,643 | 2638 | USA | 1 | 7 - HQ |
[19] | Eick | 2015 | 5730 | 366 | Germany | 1 | 4 - LQ |
[20] | Escobar | 2012 | 102,488 | 3525 | USA | 14 | 7 - HQ |
[21] | Frost | 2009 | 126,826 | 1582 | Australia | 1 | 7 - HQ |
[22] | Hong | 2011 | 1025 | 201 | Singapore | 1 | 4 - LQ |
[23] | Hunziker | 2012 | 74,784 | 5233 | USA | 1 | 5 - MQ |
[24] | Loekiko | 2013 | 70,829 | 149 | Australia | 2 | 5 - MQ |
[25] | Schuetz | 2015 | 7000 | 490 | Swiss, France, USA | 3 | 5 - MQ |
[26] | Steiner | 2016 | 2407 | 93 | Switzerland | 1 | 4 - LQ |
[27] | Sudarshan | 2015 | 527 | 42 | USA | 1 | 3 - LQ |
[28] | Tam | 2008 | 94,482 | 672 | Australia | 1 | 7 - HQ |
[29] | Tsai | 2014 | 1049 | 313 | Taiwan | 1 | 7 - HQ |
[30] | Tsai | 2014 | 699 | 214 | Taiwan | 1 | 7 - HQ |
[31] | Wunderink | 2012 | 214 | 71 | USA | 1 | 3 - LQ |