title: [Study of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation III and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome score in evaluating severity of intensive care units patient].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the value of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation(APACHE)III and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome(MODS) score introduced to evaluate the severity of intensive care unit(ICU) patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy of ICU patients were scored by APACHE III and MODS scoring system respectively after admission for 24 hours. Area under of the receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC) was used to scale the ability of APACHE III and MODS scoring systems evaluating severity and predicting outcomes of ICU patient. The areas were compared among APACHE III, MODS and the score of APACHE III adding MODS. Discriminant was built between the scores and outcomes of patient, and coefficients were compared among the three scoring systems.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The areas under of the ROC of APACHE III, MODS and the score of APACHE III adding MODS were 0.765, 0.643 and 0.753 respectively; coefficients of discriminant of them were 0.998, 0.892 and 0.568 respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  APACHE III is superior to MODS scoring system in evaluating severity of ICU patient, and APACHE III add MODS score can't increase the evaluating effectiveness compared to APACHE III and MODS score respectively in evaluating severity of ICU patient.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department of Shenzhen Second Hospital, Shenzhen 518035, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xin-ke
authors.initials: XK
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Hua-xiong
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D055815:Young Adult