Methods: We retrospectively identified all septic patients admitted to our 54 bed medical-
surgical ICU between 06/2009 and 2/2014 using the APACHE Outcomes database. We …

Background Acute Physiology, Age and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II and III
scores were developed in 1985 and 1991, respectively, and are used mainly for critically ill …

Objective: We aimed to determine whether a sepsis risk-adjustment model that uses only
administrative data could be used when other intensive care unit risk-adjustment methods …

Results: Out of the 128 patients, 63 patients (49.21%) died. The mean (±standard deviation)
admission APACHE II score was 16.7±5.53, while the mean APACHE IV score was …

Background Early and accurate identification of septic patients at high risk for ICU mortality
can help clinicians make optimal clinical decisions and improve the patients' outcomes. This …

Objectives: To evaluate the relative validity of criteria for the identification of sepsis in an ICU
database. Design: Retrospective cohort study of adult ICU admissions from 2008 to 2012 …

OBJECTIVES: Assess the impact of heterogeneity among established sepsis criteria (Sepsis-
1, Sepsis-3, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Adult Sepsis Event, and Centers for …

Objective To compare the predictive value of Oxford acute severity of illness score (OASIS)
and simplified acute physiology score II (SAPS II) for in-hospital mortality in intensive care …

Methods: Seventy six patients admitted to Medical Intensive care Units with features of
sepsis who satisfied the criteria were selected for the study. Data on clinical and biochemical …

Objective To evaluate the value of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), Simplified
Acute Physiology Score Ⅱ (SAPS-Ⅱ), Oxford Acute Severity of Illness Score (OASIS) and …