The Apache III prognostic system: Customized mortality predictions for Spanish ICU patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 574-581

  Rivera Fernandez R ^a   Vazquez Mata G ^a,d   Bravo, M ^a   Aguayo Hoyos, E ^a   Zimmerman, J ^b   Wagner, D ^c   Knaus, W ^c  

^a Spanish PAEEC ^*

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE); Intensive care; Mortality prediction; Outcome and process assessment; Prospective studies; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SPAIN;

EID: 0031927663     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050618     Document Type: Article

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