Common intensive care scoring systems do not outperform age and glasgow coma scale score in predicting mid-term mortality in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage treated in the intensive care unit

Common intensive care scoring systems do not outperform age and glasgow coma scale score in predicting mid-term mortality in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage treated in the intensive care unit

Abstract Background Intensive care scoring systems are widely used in intensive care units (ICU) around the world for case-mix adjustment in research and benchmarking. The aim of our study was to investigate the usefulness of common intensive care scoring systems in predicting mid-term mortality in...

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Main Authors: Marika Fallenius, Markus B. Skrifvars, Matti Reinikainen, Stepani Bendel, Rahul Raj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Hemorrhagic stroke
Intensive care
Outcome
Prognosis
Apache ii
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-017-0448-z

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