Why the study?
Does the admission APACHE II score predict multiple organ failure or mortality in postoperative surgical patients?
Population
92 postoperative surgical patients in a university general surgery intensive care unit
Design
Cohort
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Questions utility of admission APACHE II for prognostication in surgical ICU patients; supports research on dynamic lab trends for better prediction.
Does the admission APACHE II score predict multiple organ failure or mortality in postoperative surgical patients?
The APACHE II score is not a reliable predictor of multiple organ failure or mortality in postoperative surgical ICU patients, whereas time-dependent changes in specific lab values are more predictive.
Frank B. Cerra (1990) studied this question.
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