title: Letter to the Editor regarding "Do Serially Recorded Prognostic Scores Predict Outcome Better Than One-Time Recorded Score on Admission? A Prospective Study in Adult Intensive Care Patients".
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.|*Ruiqi Chen and Lu Xing contributed equally to this work.
authors.forename: Ruiqi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.|*Ruiqi Chen and Lu Xing contributed equally to this work.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index