Using patient admission characteristics alone to predict mortality of critically ill patients: A comparison of 3 prognostic scores

Use and limitations of prognostic models for the critically ill

“…To achieve these latter objectives, we will need a well-calibrated prognostic model [5,6]. Of all the three prognostic models assessed in our study including the Admission APACHE II model [1,7], SAPSIII had the best calibration confirming the results of other studies that have evaluated this prognostic model. …”

“…Many thanks for the letter from Xing et al and also their interest about our recent publication [1]. First of all, we need to understand that most intensive care prognostic modelsincluding the APACHE II, SAPSIII and MPM 0 III models -are designed for research and clinical audit purposes instead of clinical decision-making.…”

Fatores preditores de óbito em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva: contribuição para a abordagem paliativista

“…It was found that patients who died in the ICU were older, frailer, had less functionality and remained hospitalized longer in this unit with multiple organ failure, thus corroborating other studies (21)(22) , and evidenced a good relation between the possibility of death outcome through the negative response to the "surprise question". The more closely related diseases to death were kidney disease, acute non-traumatic neurological insult (stroke and coma after cardiac arrest) and CHF.…”

Combining quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment with plasma lactate concentration is comparable to standard Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in predicting mortality of patients with and without suspected infection

“…ICU readmissions during same hospitalization were excluded from this study [3]. [3][4][5][6], and were described in our previous publications [13,14].…”