Quality of life after intensive care

Quality of life must be assessed after patients have received intensive care. Long-term survival of intensive care patients should be evaluated. TISS (Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System) is an extremely useful tool for estimating the cost of treatment given to an individual patient. APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation) is an effective index for measuring severity of illness. Age of patient and severity of illness dramatically affect the cost of treatment in intensive care.