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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 12/2005

01-12-2005 | Seminal Study

The use of severity scores in the intensive care unit

Author: Jean-Roger Le Gall

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2005

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Around 1980 several intensivists decided to score the severity of ICU patients in order to compare the populations and evaluate the results. The outcome of intensive care depends on several factors present on the first day in the ICU and on the patient’s course under ICU therapy. The severity scores comprise usually two parts: the score itself and a probability model. The score itself is a number (the highest number, the highest severity). The probability model is an equation giving the probability of hospital death of the patients. This seminal comprise two parts: the classification of the scores and their practical use. …
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Metadata
Title
The use of severity scores in the intensive care unit
Author
Jean-Roger Le Gall
Publication date
01-12-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2005
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2825-8

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