Background: Tools to measure quality are becoming widespread and focus either on the outcomes of care or the processes of care. For intensive care units (ICUs), the main focus on research on outcome measurement has been on the development of mortality prediction models. Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of three general severity-of-illness scores, Acute Physiology a...

INTRODUCTION Acute generalised peritonitis coming forth due to underlying intestinal perforation is a critical & life-threatening medical condition. It is a common surgical emergency most of the times across the world. Misleading data on crude morbidity and mortality due to the condition usually contaminates substantially the very purpose of medical audit. Thus, early prognostic evaluation is n...

BACKGROUND Risk adjustment and mortality prediction in studies of critical care are usually performed using acuity of illness scores, such as Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), which emphasize physiological derangement. Common risk adjustment systems used in administrative datasets, like the Charlson index, are entirely based on the presence of co-morbid illnesses. T...

conclusions central nervous system depressant was an important risk factor for vap among poisoned patients. hypoventilation due to cns depression can lead to vap. the apache ii and length of hospital stay were shown as independent predictors of vap and mortality among these patients. results the mean age of the patients was 33.9 ± 14.3 years. the probable vap incidence and mortality were 22% an...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate an association between thrombocytopenia and platelet behavior in predicting mortality in septic patients. METHODS Patients with criteria for sepsis at admission or at any time during hospitalization were selected; patients hospitalized for less than 24 hours were excluded. Thrombocytopenia was defined as a platelet count lower than 150.000/mm³, and recovery was define...

BACKGROUND Timely risk stratification is the key strategy to improve prognosis of patients with sepsis. Previous study has proposed to develop a powerful risk assessment rule by the combination of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score and plasma soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR). That reaffirmation of suPAR as a prognostic marker in Chinese p...

Reference 1. Morhenthaler NG, Struck J, Christ-Cain M, Bergmann A, Müller B: Pro-atrial natriuretic peptide is a prognostic marker in sepsis, similar to the APACHE II score: an observational study. Critical Care 2005, 9:R37-R45 Correction Correction: Pro-atrial natriuretic peptide is a prognostic marker in sepsis, similar to the APACHE II score: an observational study. Nils G Morgenthaler1, Joa...

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic value of predictors severe acute pancreatitis in patients with nasogastric (NG) and nasojejunal (NJ) feeding. Materials methods: Our open-label randomized controlled study was carried out intensive care unit Neftyanik Occupational Health Facility (Tyumen, Russian Federation) between November 2012 October 2018 included 64 who had (APACHE II score > 8, C-r...

BACKGROUND Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) contributes to high mortality, prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay and increased costs of health care. Reports of early predictors of death in patients with VAP are rare. Our study was designed to determine early predictors of poor outcome in patients with VAP. METHODS A total 838 patients with nosocomial lower respiratory tract infection ...