A study on the efficacy of APACHE-IV for predicting mortality and length of stay in an intensive care unit in Iran.

ABSTRACT: Background: Clinical assessment of disease severity is an important part of medical practice for prediction of mortality and morbidity in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). A disease severity scoring system can be used as guidance for clinicians for objective assessment of disease outcomes and estimation of the chance of recovery. This study aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that the mortality and length of stay in emergency ICUs predicted by APACHE-IV is different to the real rates of mortality and length of stay observed in our emergency ICU in Iran. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study conducted on the data of 839 consecutive patients admitted to the emergency ICU of Nemazi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran, during 2012-2015. The relevant variables were used to calculate APACHE-IV.

SUBMITTER: Ghorbani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710303 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature