Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 1999 Jul 24;319(7204):241-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7204.241.

ABC of intensive care: outcome data and scoring systems

K Gunning, K Rowan
Review

ABC of intensive care: outcome data and scoring systems

K Gunning et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure
Figure
Distribution of intensive care unit and hospital mortality across hospitals
Figure
Figure
Relation of age to hospital mortality
Figure
Figure
Estimation of probability of death in hospital by applying APACHE II for 71 year old man admitted to intensive care from the hospital’s accident and emergency department with (a) abdominal aortic aneurysm and (b) asthma attack
Figure
Figure
Hospital mortality and standardised mortality ratios across hospitals. The effect of case mix is important. Superficially, hospital death rates for patients admitted to intensive care unit B are higher than those for patients admitted to unit A. However, after adjustment for case mix the standardised mortality ratio is similar for both units
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Comment in