Comparing the APACHE II score and IBM-10 score for predicting mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

Comparing the APACHE II score and IBM-10 score for predicting mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

Background: VAP is defined as pneumonia in patients who use ventilators. The acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE II) scoring system was originally developed for predicting mortality in patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit. Due to the complexity, a simpler score ca...

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Main Authors: Alireza Emami Naeini, Saeid Abbasi, Somayeh Haghighipour, Kiana Shirani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Advanced Biomedical Research
Subjects:
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II
immunodeficiency
blood pressure
multilobar infiltrates
platelet count and 10-day hospitalization-10
mortality
scoring system
ventilator-associated pneumonia
Online Access:http://www.advbiores.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9175;year=2015;volume=4;issue=1;spage=47;epage=47;aulast=Naeini

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