Why the surgical patients are so critical in their intensive care unit arrival? Porque os pacientes cirúrgicos chegam em estado tão crítico na unidade de terapia intensiva?
PURPOSE: To assess the ability of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) to stratify the severity of illness and the impact of delay transfer to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on the mortality of surgical critically ill patients. METHODS: Five hundred and twenty-nine patient...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia
2013-01-01
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Series: | Acta Cirurgica Brasileira |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502013001300010 |