Statistical validation of a severity of illness measure

D.P. Wagner, W.A. Knaus and E.A. Draper

American Journal of Public Health, 1983, vol. 73, issue 8, 878-884

Abstract: This paper provides statistical detail on the predictive power of a new severity of illness scale - APACHE (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation) - on 833 consecutive medical admissions to an intensive care unit (ICU). In a multivariate logistic regression analysis of routine physiologic and other data obtained within 24 hours of ICU admission, severity of illness and age were significantly (p

Date: 1983
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