External Validation of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II in Korean Intensive Care Units
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External Validation of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II in Korean Intensive Care Units
PURPOSE This study was designed to validate the usefulness of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II for predicting hospital mortality of critically ill Korean patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed data on 826 patients who had been admitted to nine intensive care units and were included in the Fever and Antipyretics in Critical Illness Evaluation study cohort. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Yonsei Medical Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0513-5796,1976-2437
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2013.54.2.425