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. 2016 Sep;28(3):264-269.
doi: 10.5935/0103-507X.20160052.

What every intensivist should know about prognostic scoring systems and risk-adjusted mortality

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mark T Keegan  1 , Marcio Soares  2
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What every intensivist should know about prognostic scoring systems and risk-adjusted mortality

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mark T Keegan et al. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2016 Sep.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: Dr. Soares is the founder and equity shareholder of Epimed Solutions®, which commercializes the Epimed Monitor System®, a cloud-based software system for intensive care units management and benchmarking.

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Figure 1
Calibration belt for the Simplified Acute Physiology Score 3. Standardized mortality ratios with their 95% confidence intervals. The degree of the polynomial, the Wald statistics results and the number of patients are given in the upper-left quadrant. In the lower right quadrant, the times the calibration belt significantly deviates from the bisector using 80% (light gray area) and 95% (dark gray boundaries) confidence levels are reported. Courtesy: Dr. Pedro Brasil.
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