Comparison between SAPS II and SAPS 3 in predicting hospital mortality in a cohort of 103 Italian ICUs. Is new always better?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1280-1288

  Poole, Daniele ^a   Rossi, Carlotta ^b   Latronico, Nicola ^c   Rossi, Giancarlo ^d   Finazzi, Stefano ^e   Bertolini, Guido ^b  

^a SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d I Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

APACHE; Critical care; Logistic models; Prognosis; SAPS; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE 3; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE II;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84864277654     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2578-0     Document Type: Article

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