Efficacy of the APACHE II score at ICU discharge in predicting post-ICU mortality and ICU readmission in critically ill surgical patients

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 175-186

  Lee, H ^a   Lim, C W ^a   Hong, H P ^a   Ju, J W ^a   Jeon, Y T ^b   Hwang, J W ^b   Park, H P ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Admission APACHE II score; Discharge APACHE II score; Hospital mortality; Prediction; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EOSINOPENIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEOUL;

EID: 84928277323     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1504300206     Document Type: Article

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