Table 2

 PRISM score based mortality risk; inter-observer agreement by physician category

Residents* (n = 9)Fellows† (n = 6)Intensivists‡ (n = 12)
Mean (SD)EAκ scores (95% CI)Mean (SD)EAκ scores (95% CI)Mean (SD)EAκ scores (95% CI)
EA, percentage exact agreement.
*ICC residents = 0.24 (range 0.07–0.57); † ICC fellows = 0.40 (range 0.16–0.73); ‡ICC intensivists = 0.73 (range 0.57–0.91).
Patient 12.2 (1.3)220.42 (0.31 to 0.58)9.6 (13)00.43 (0.27 to 0.68)4.8 (2.5)500.71 (0.64 to 0.78)
Patient 217.0 (24)00.21 (0.11 to 0.34)27.0 (24)500.57 (0.38 to 0.76)47.8 (25.1)500.54 (0.42 to 0.72)
Patient 30.6 (0.3)560.84 (0.62 to 0.98)0.5 (0.2)830.84 (0.66 to 0.98)0.7 (0.2)660.82 (0.72 to 0.91)
Patient 41.9 (0.1)440.54 (0.37 to 0.64)4.5 (4.4)330.39 (0.20 to 0.58)2.4 (1.2)500.41 (0.30 to 0.51)
Patient 50.4 (0.1)660.74 (0.58 to 0.89)0.4 (0.1)500.62 (0.49 to 0.78)0.7 (0.4)780.71 (0.64 to 0.77)
Patient 62.1 (0.8)440.53 (0.41 to 0.68)1.8 (0.0)1001.00 (0.92 to 1.0)1.7 (0.3)890.92 (0.83 to 0.96)
Patient 74.5 (2.9)330.38 (0.24 to 0.53)2.5 (1.4)660.58 (0.45 to 0.70)2.4 (0.9)440.42 (0.32 to 0.51)
Patient 820.0 (16.4)220.34 (0.26 to 0.41)18.1 (15)330.42 (0.29 to 0.55)17.2 (8.0)560.63 (0.55 to 0.72)
Patient 90.8 (0.6)660.59 (0.46 to 0.70)0.5 (0.0)830.92 (0.80 to 0.99)0.5 (0.1)750.88 (0.81 to 0.65)
Patient 102.1 (0.7)330.52 (0.41 to 0.64)2.3 (0.7)500.66 (0.51 to 0.80)2.9 (1.1)580.73 (0.66 to 0.80)