how to cite:
Soleimani
M, rajabi
M, Imani
A L, Bagheri
S, Jafarpour
H, et al. Evaluation of patient mortality in intensive care units using the APACHE IIscoring system. koomesh. 2014;15(3):e152646.
Abstract
Introduction:Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) scoring system
has been proposed in order to estimate the outcome of patients admitted in the
intensive care units. This study was purposed to evaluate correlation between
APACHE II score and mortality rate in patients admitted in intensive care units. Materials and Methods:This retrospective study was conducted with the records of the patients who
were admitted in surgical and medical ICUs, Semnan University of Medical
Sciences. For each patient, outcome data (survival or death) was extracted and
Apache II score was calculated. Data were analysed by SPSS 17 software, using
unpaired t-test and spearman’s correlation coefficient. Significant level was set at P
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