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Applicability of the APACHE II model to a lower middle income country
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To determine the utility of APACHE II in a low-and middle-income (LMIC) setting and the implications of missing data.Patients meeting APACHE II inclusion criteria admitted to 18 ICUs in Sri Lanka over three consecutive months had data necessary for the calculation of APACHE II, probabilities prospectively extracted from case notes. APACHE II physiology score (APS), probabilities, Standardised (ICU) Mortality Ratio (SMR), discrimination (AUROC), and calibration (C-statistic) were calculated, b...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.07.022
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Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
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Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Critical Care Journal website
- Volume:
- 42
- Pages:
- 178-183
- Publication date:
- 2017-07-13
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0883-9441
- Pubs id:
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pubs:713143
- URN:
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uri:07f9134c-a02d-4333-a75a-31f37b5f6cff
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uuid:07f9134c-a02d-4333-a75a-31f37b5f6cff
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- pubs:713143
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- English
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- Elsevier Inc.
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2017 Elsevier Inc.
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