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. 2017 Nov;43(11):1745-1746.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4883-0. Epub 2017 Jul 21.

Mortality rate in Polish intensive care units is lower than predicted according to the APACHE II scoring system

Piotr Knapik  1 , Łukasz J Krzych  2 , Wojciech Weigl  3 , Jan Adamski  4 , Michael Hultstöm  3   5
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Mortality rate in Polish intensive care units is lower than predicted according to the APACHE II scoring system

Piotr Knapik et al. Intensive Care Med. 2017 Nov.
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Predicted-to-observed mortality ratio in the Silesian Registry of Intensive Care Units. APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II
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