A new Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II) based on a European/North American multicenter study.

R Le Gall, J; Lemeshow, S; Saulnier, F

doi:10.1001/jama.270.24.2957

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A new Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II) based on a European/North American multicenter study.

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Authors:

J R Le Gall

S Lemeshow

F Saulnier

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a new Simplified Acute Physiology Score, the SAPS II, from a large sample of surgical and medical patients, and to provide a method to convert the score to a probability of hospital mortality. DESIGN AND SETTING: The SAPS II and the probability of hospital mortalit...

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