Performance evaluation of APACHE II score for an Indian patient with respiratory problems

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 273-282

  Gupta, Rajnish ^a   Arora, V K ^a  

^a LRS Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II score; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Respiratory problems; Standard mortality ratio (SMR)

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDIAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX SURGERY; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; APACHE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK; ROC CURVE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CALIBRATION; DATABASES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY CARE UNITS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4043114731     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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