Research Article

Emergency Surgery Mortality (ESM) Score to Predict Mortality and Improve Patient Care in Emergency Surgery

Table 1

Demographic data for the Training and Validation groups (n = 758).

ParameterTraining group (n = 596)Validation group (n = 162) value

Dead84 (14.1)26 (16.0)0.531
Sex (male)360 (60.4)114 (70.4)0.022
Age (yr)58.8 ± 8.754.3 ± 16.90.003
Weight (kg)60.3 ± 29.460.0 ± 12.90.914
Height (m)1.6 ± 0.11.6 ± 0.10.026
BMI (kg/m2)23.4 ± 10.722.9 ± 4.10.547
ASA classification0.223
 2E23 (3.9)5 (3.1)
 3E69 (11.6)28 (17.3)
 4E446 (74.8)111 (68.5)
 5E58 (9.7)18 (11.1)

Data are presented as mean ± SD or number (%); BMI: body surface area; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.