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Comparative study of intensive care unit (ICU) performance
J Livianu1, J M Orlando, E F Povoa
1Hospital I.Albert Einstein, Hospital Municipal Dr. Arthur Ribeiro de Saboya Health Informatics Center, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Medinfo. MEDINFO
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
It is possible to evaluate ICU performance using severity-of-illness systems, but are these systems objective enough to draw comparison between different units? A software was developed to allow data collection and calculation of the score APACHE II [1] and administrative hospital indicators. To provide homogeneity, all data were collected following the same protocol and verified by one author.