SAPS 3—From evaluation of the patient to evaluation of the intensive care unit. Part 1: Objectives, methods and cohort description

Metnitz, Philipp; P. Moreno, Rui; Alves de Almeida, Eduardo; Jordan, Barbara; Bauer, Peter; Abizanda Campos, Ricardo; Iapichino, G.; Edbrooke, David; Capuzzo, Maurizia; Le Gall, Jean‐Roger; behalf of the SAPS 3 Investigators, on

doi:10.1007/s00134-005-2762-6

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SAPS 3—From evaluation of the patient to evaluation of the intensive care unit. Part 1: Objectives, methods and cohort description

Published in Intensive Care Medicine • Aug 16, 2005

Authors:

Philipp Metnitz

Rui P. Moreno

Eduardo Alves de Almeida

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Risk adjustment systems now in use were developed more than a decade ago and lack prognostic performance. Objective of the SAPS 3 study was to collect data about risk factors and outcomes in a heterogeneous cohort of intensive care unit (ICU) patients, in order to develop a new, improved ...

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Medicine

Intensive care unit

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