In order to evaluate and compare the predictive ability of the APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II) and the SAPS (Simplified Acute Physiology Score) scoring systems in relation to outcome in a medical intensive care unit (ICU). The authors reviewed consecutive medical ICU admissions (n = 482) at a tertiary hospital over a 2-year period. For each patient, demographic dat...

Abstract : Aim : To evaluate the influence of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score on the choice of mechanical ventilation method and treatment outcome. Methods : A prospective, randomized trial was carried out at the multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit over 22 months. Research sample consisted of 129 patients who required mechanical ventilation, divided in two gro...

In the study by Haniffa et al., the authors have brilliantly proposed “TropICS” as the first multinational prognostic model for critically ill patients in resource-limited settings. The study used data from four South East Asian nations, involving a large number of unselected ICU patients for development and validation of three prognostic models. Of the three proposed models, TropICS performed ...

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introduction: using physiologic scoring systems for identifying high-risk patients for mortality has been considered recently. this study was designed to evaluate the values of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii (apache ii) and simplified acute physiologic score (saps ii) models in prediction of 1-month mortality of critically ill patients. methods: the present prospective cross ...

background and purpose: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (apache ii) is a scoring system that describes and predicts the severity of acute illness in patients admitted in intensive care units. its application is helpful in therapeutic monitoring methods, comparing the effectiveness of treatments and the decision to change the treatment, and comparing the performance and quality of...

results sixty two patients had dka. the comparison of apache ii score among two groups of the patients did not show any significant difference (p = 0.597). there was no suitable cut-off point for apache ii score to predict dka. conclusions apache ii score cannot be applied in the predicting of dka in hyperglycemic patients admitted in ed. objectives the present study aims to evaluate the effica...

In a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Bouza et al. provided interesting insight into the putative effect that the volume of blood cultured per patient had upon the rate of detection of bloodstream infections (BSI) (1). According to the authors, in the total of the sample, the volume of blood cultured was not an independent predictor capable of affecting blood culture result...

This paper documents the seventeenth data release (DR17) from Sloan Digital Sky Surveys; fifth and final fourth phase (SDSS-IV). DR17 contains complete of Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) survey, which reached its goal surveying over 10,000 nearby galaxies. The MaNGA Stellar Library (MaStar) accompanies this data, providing observations almost 30,000 stars through ins...

The population of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) is quite heterogeneous. Overall, the outcome of ICU treatment depends on the site, cause of admission, age, prior comorbidities, and acute physiological changes at admission and during the first several hours of treatment. Predictions of the in-hospital mortality of ICU patients play important roles with respect to inclusion/e...