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Comparing the APACHE II score and IBM-10 score for predicting mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

BACKGROUND: VAP is defined as pneumonia in patients who use ventilators. The acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE II) scoring system was originally developed for predicting mortality in patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit. Due to the complexity, a simpler score ca...

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Autores principales: Naeini, Alireza Emami, Abbasi, Saeid, Haghighipour, Somayeh, Shirani, Kiana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25789273
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.151419