Comparative study of intensive care unit (ICU) performance.
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.
Livianu
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J
Hospital I.Albert Einstein, Hospital Municipal Dr. Arthur Ribeiro de Saboya Health Informatics Center, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Orlando
J M
JM
Povoa
E F
EF
Akamine
N
N
Knobel
E
E
Ancao
M S
MS
Sigulem
D
D
D018806:APACHE; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D003625:Data Collection; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012984:Software