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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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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
A comparison of APACHE II, BISAP, Ranson’s score and modified CTSI in predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis based on the 2012 revised Atlanta Classification
Objective Our aim was to prospectively compare the Accuracy of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II… 
Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Predicting Mortality of Patients With Sepsis: A Comparison of APACHE II and APACHE III Scoring Systems
Background Acute Physiology, Age and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II and III scores were developed in 1985 and 1991… 
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Predictive performance of quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment for mortality and ICU admission in patients with infection at the ED.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The concept of damage control: extending the paradigm to emergency general surgery.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Dynamic evolution of coagulopathy in the first day of severe sepsis: Relationship with mortality and organ failure*
Objective:To determine whether changes in coagulation biomarkers during the first day of severe sepsis correlate with progression… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Evaluation of predictive ability of APACHE II system and hospital outcome in Canadian intensive care unit patients.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the ability of the acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scoring system to predict… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Independent validation of apache ii severity of illness score for predicting mortality in patients with breast cancer admitted to the intensive care unit
Background. To determine the validity and predictive accuracy of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE 11… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
APACHE II score does not predict multiple organ failure or mortality in postoperative surgical patients.
A clinical study was undertaken to evaluate the ability of the APACHE (acute physiology and chronic health care) II system to… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Prognosis of critically-ill patients with acute renal failure: APACHE II score and other predictive factors.
The survival from acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy was studied in 90 critically-ill patients admitted to… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Comparison of clinical assessment with APACHE II for predicting mortality risk in patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit.
The APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation) system has been widely used as an objective means of predicting… 
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