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. 2015 Apr-Jun;9(2):136-41.
doi: 10.4103/1658-354X.152839.

Comparison of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II and Glasgow Coma Score in predicting the outcomes of Post Anesthesia Care Unit's patients

Mohammad Hosseini  1 , Jamileh Ramazani  2
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Comparison of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II and Glasgow Coma Score in predicting the outcomes of Post Anesthesia Care Unit's patients

Mohammad Hosseini et al. Saudi J Anaesth. 2015 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Context: Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) is one of the most general classification systems of disease severity in Intensive Care Units and Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) is one of the most specific ones.

Aims: The aim of the current study was to assess APACHE II and GCS ability in predicting the outcomes (survivors, non-survivors) in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit's (PACU).

Settings and design: This was an observational and prospective study of 150 consecutive patients admitted in the PACU during 6-month period.

Materials and methods: Demographic information recorded on a checklist, also information about severity of disease calculated based on APACHE II scoring system in the first admission 24 h and GCS scale.

Statistical analysis used: Logistic regression, Hosmer-Lemeshow test and receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves were used in statistical analysis (95% confidence interval).

Results: Data analysis showed a significant statistical difference between outcomes and both APACHE II and Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) (P < 0.0001). The ROC-curve analysis suggested that the predictive ability of GCS is slightly better than APACHE II in this study. For GCS the area under the ROC curve was 86.1% (standard error [SE]: 3.8%), and for APACHE II it was 85.7% (SE: 3.5%), also the Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic revealed better calibration for GCS (χ(2) = 5.177, P = 0.521), than APACHE II (χ(2) = 10.203, P = 0.251).

Conclusions: The survivors had significantly lower APACHE II and higher GCS compared with non-survivors, also GCS showed more predictive accuracy than APACHE II in prognosticating the outcomes in PACU.

Keywords: Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; Glasgow Coma Score; Post Anesthesia Care Unit.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Receiver operator characteristic curves for acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II and Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) score. The area under curve is 0.857 for APACHE II and 0.861 for GCS score
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