Why the study?
Does the APACHE III scoring system offer better mortality prediction than APACHE II in critical surgical illness?
Population
844 consecutive patients in the surgical intensive care unit of an urban, tertiary-care university hospital…
Comparison
APACHE III scoring system vs APACHE II scoring system
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
until hospital discharge
Authors
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APACHE III may overestimate mortality more than APACHE II in surgical ICU patients; leaves open whether it refines risk prediction.
Does the APACHE III scoring system offer better mortality prediction than APACHE II in critical surgical illness?
APACHE III correlates well with APACHE II but may overestimate mortality more in surgical ICU patients, though it could be corrective in settings where APACHE II underestimates mortality.
Philip S. Barie (1995) studied this question.
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