A comparison between the APACHE II and Charlson Index Score for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients

BACKGROUND: Risk adjustment and mortality prediction in studies of critical care are usually performed using acuity of illness scores, such as Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), which emphasize physiological derangement. Common risk adjustment systems used in administrati...

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Autores principales: Quach, Susan, Hennessy, Deirdre A, Faris, Peter, Fong, Andrew, Quan, Hude, Doig, Christopher
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19643010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-129

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19643010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-129

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