Why the study?
Do SAPS II and APACHE II scoring systems predict hospital mortality in medical intensive care unit patients?
Population
174 patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (MICU) over a one-year period.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
hospital stay (implied by hospital mortality)
Authors
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Both scores predict MICU mortality at defined cutoffs; leaves open optimal thresholds and comparative performance in current practice.
Do SAPS II and APACHE II scoring systems predict hospital mortality in medical intensive care unit patients?
Both SAPS II and APACHE II scoring systems are equally effective in predicting hospital mortality among medical intensive care unit patients.
Amina Godinjak (2016) studied this question.
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