OBJECTIVES This study was designed to determine the comparative efficacy of different scoring system in assessing the prognosis of critically ill patients. METHODS This was a retrospective study conducted in medical intensive care unit (MICU) and high dependency unit (HDU) Medical Unit III, Civil Hospital, from April 2012 to August 2012. All patients over age 16 years old who have fulfilled t...

OBJECTIVES To summarize and compare different prognostic criteria used to determine need for liver transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure secondary to acetaminophen poisoning. DATA SOURCES Studies published in the literature that investigated criteria for hepatic transplantation secondary to acetaminophen-induced liver failure as identified by a preestablished MEDLINE stra...

OBJECTIVE to compare the ability of the APACHE II score and three different abbreviated APACHE II scores: simplified APACHE II (s-APACHE II), Rapid Acute Physiology score (RAPS) and Rapid Emergency Medicine score to evaluate in-hospital mortality of trauma patients at the emergency department (ED). METHODS retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort study. All patients' victims of trauma a...

Background: There was a need for a simple method of predicting the severity of gallstone pancreatitis soon after admission, to guide the clinician for intensive monitoring, or for transfer to a specialist center. Aim: To validate the role of simplified criteria [white blood cell count (WBC) > 14.5 x 10/dl; blood urea nitrogen (BUN) > 12 mg/dl; random blood sugar (RBS) > 150 mg/dl; pulse > 100/m...

OBJECTIVE The aim is to determine SAPS II and APACHE II scores in medical intensive care unit (MICU) patients, to compare them for prediction of patient outcome, and to compare with actual hospital mortality rates for different subgroups of patients. METHODS One hundred and seventy-four patients were included in this analysis over a oneyear period in the MICU, Clinical Center, University of S...

Introduction. The RIFLE classification defines three severity criteria for acute kidney injury (AKI): risk, injury, and failure. It was associated with mortality according to the gradation of AKI severity. However, it is not known if the APACHE II score, associated with the RIFLE classification, results in greater discriminatory power in relation to mortality in critical patients. Objective. To...

INTRODUCTION We conducted the present study to evaluate the changes in serum total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in patients with severe sepsis and to investigate the association between serum TAC and clinical severity. METHOD This was a prospective observational study involving a sample of patients who met established criteria for severe sepsis and were admitted to the emergency department of a...