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Table 5 Comparison of MOEWS and APCHE-II score between critically ill and not critically ill women

From: A new modified obstetric early warning score for prognostication of severe maternal morbidity

Score

Median

Not critically ill (95% CI)

Critically ill

(95% CI)

Z value

P value

MOEWS1

5 (3, 8)

2 (0, 3.25)

(1.67–2.75)

5.5 (3,8) *

(5.57–6.43)

-7.951

< 0.001

MOEWS2

7 (5,9)

3 (2,4)

(2.91–3.7)

7 (5,9) *

(7.23–7.96)

-10.177

< 0.001

MOEWS

7 (5, 9.75)

4 (3,4.25)

(3.38–4.24)

8 (6,10) *

(7.93–8.68)

-10.347

< 0.001

APACHE II

4 (2, 6)

2 (2,4)

(2.25–3.26)

4 (2,6) *

(4.47–5.43)

-4.926

< 0.001

  1. MOEWS1is the score of 24 hours before ICU admission; MOEWS2 is the score of 24 hours after ICU admission; MOEWS means the highest score of MOEWS1 and MOEWS2; median scores with IQR (P25, P75); * indicates statistical significance, P<0.001