APACHE III

Acute Physiology & Chronic Health Evaluation III. A ‘third-generation’ system for estimating the risk of hospital death in adult ICU patients based on physiologic assessments of most severely affected values during the first 24 hours in the ICU and subjecting the results to logistic regression modelling techniques

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APACHE III

Acute Physiology & Chronic Health Evaluation Intensive care A 'third-generation' system for estimating the risk of hospital death in adult ICU Pts based on physiological assessments of most severely affected values during the first 24 hrs in the ICU and subjecting the results to logistic regression modeling techniques. See Medisgroups, Prognostic scoring systems.

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