Citation

Lefering R, Dicke S, Böttcher B, Neugebauer E. Langenbecks Arch. Chir. Suppl. Kongressbd. 1997; 114: 1387-1389.

Vernacular Title

APACHE II Score und Prognose von Intensivpatienten nach Trauma--Ergebnisse einer

Affiliation

Biochemische und Experimentelle Abteilung, II. Lehrstuhl für Chirurgie, Universität Köln.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

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PMID

9574437

Abstract

The APACHE II score is a well-known measure of illness severity and widely used for prognosis in the ICU. A total of 91 trauma patients were identified among 939 ICU admissions (18 months), and their actual mortality (11/91; 12.1%) clearly exceeds the prognosis due to APACHE II (7.1%). Trauma-specific scores (TRISS, ISS, and RTS) revealed much higher estimates: 13%-22% which confirms a systematic underestimation of risk of death score in trauma patients in the APACHE system.

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