Evaluation of APACHE II system among intensive care patients at a teaching hospital

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-57

  Chiavone, Paulo Antonio ^a   dos Santos Sens, Yvoty Alves ^b  

^a Faculdade Cie Farmaceuticas   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Care; Illness; Index; Intensive; Outcome; Prediction; Prognosis; Severity; Unit

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; APACHE; BRAZIL; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0043020560     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802003000200004     Document Type: Article

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