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APACHE II

Known as: APCH1, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II Clinical Classification 
A standardized rating scale developed by Knaus et al in 1985, which is a classification system used to measure severity of disease. This instrument… 
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2009
2009
BACKGROUND Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the leading cause of mortality associated with nosocomial infection. The… 
2007
2007
BACKGROUND The mortality rate after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) (so called post-ICU mortality) has remained high… 
1999
1999
Background: The need to correct outcome data for case mix is well recognized, but risk assessment for coronary care unit (CCU… 
1998
1998
BACKGROUND Risk stratification of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is an important tool because it permits comparison of… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
To predict at an early phase the clinical course and outcome of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, the APACHE II score… 
1995
1995
The APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation) severity-of-disease classification system was used to stratify the… 
1994
1994
OBJECTIVE To compare the outcome of abdominal infection in patients with or without previous systemic glucocorticoid therapy and… 
1987
1987
The APACHE II sickness score was applied prospectively for one year in a general intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia. Two hundred…