Open AccessAssessment of performance and utility of mortality prediction models in a single Indian mixed tertiary intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Prachee Sathe,
Sharda Bapat
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.128010
Subject(s) - medicine , apache ii , intensive care unit , saps ii , receiver operating characteristic , tertiary care , cohort , standardized mortality ratio , cohort study , emergency medicine
To assess the performance and utility of two mortality prediction models viz. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) in a single Indian mixed tertiary intensive care unit (ICU). Secondary objectives were bench-marking and setting a base line for research.