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Mortality rate in Polish intensive care units is lower than predicted according to the APACHE II scoring system

Authors: Piotr Knapik, Łukasz J. Krzych, Wojciech Weigl, Jan Adamski, Michael Hultstöm

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2017

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Title: Mortality rate in Polish intensive care units is lower than predicted according to the APACHE II scoring system
Authors: Piotr Knapik
Łukasz J. Krzych
Wojciech Weigl
Jan Adamski
Michael Hultstöm
Publication date: 01-11-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4883-0

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