Profile and severity of the patients of intensive care units: Prospective application of the APACHE II index;Perfil e gravidade dos pacientes das unidades de terapia intensiva: Aplicação prospectiva do escore APACHE II

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-323

  de Freitas, Eliane Regina Ferreira Sernache ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NORTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

APACHE; Intensive care units; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955953927     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-11692010000300004     Document Type: Article

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