Open AccessA Prospective Study of Comparison of APACHE- I V & SAPS- I I Scoring Systems and Calculation of Standardised Mortality Rate in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Patients
Author(s) -
Ajay Somabhai Dabhi,
Suhas S Khedekar,
Vadivelan Mehalingam
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9925.5052
Subject(s) - septic shock , apache ii , saps ii , medicine , sepsis , mortality rate , shock (circulatory) , intensive care unit , prospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , severity of illness , emergency medicine
Severe sepsis and septic shock are major causes of mortality in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Illness Scoring Systems can help in the prediction of outcome of these patients.