The performance of SAPS II in a cohort of patients admitted to 99 Italian ICUs: Results from GiViTI

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1368-1378

  Apolone, G ^a   Bertolini, C ^a   D'Amico, R ^a   Iapichino, G ^b   Cattaneo, A ^a   De Salvo, G ^c   Melotti, R M ^d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Medicina Clinica Padova   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical care medicine; Hospital mortality; Intensive care units; SAPS II; Scoring systems; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030475757     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709553     Document Type: Article

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