General illness severity scores are widely used in the ICU to predict outcome, characterize
disease severity and degree of organ dysfunction, and assess resource use. In this article …

ICU scoring systems provide a valuable framework to characterize patients' severity of
illness for the evaluation of ICU performance, for quality improvement initiatives and for …

Introduction A decrease in disease-specific mortality over the last twenty years has been
reported for patients admitted to United States (US) hospitals, but data for intensive care …

Background Critically ill patients are medically complex and may benefit from a
multidisciplinary approach to care. Methods We conducted a population-based retrospective …

Which species of sharks live within 500 nautical miles of North American shores, and what
do we know about them? José I. Castro's The Sharks of North America is the first …

Objective: Adult intensive care unit prognostic models have been used for predicting patient
outcome for three decades. The goal of this review is to describe the different versions of the …

This review examines the use of scoring systems to assess ICU performance. APACHE
(Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation), MPM (mortality probability model), and …

Objectives Current mortality prediction models used in the intensive care unit (ICU) have a
limited role for specific diseases such as influenza, and we aimed to establish an …

Importance Accurate prediction of outcomes among patients in intensive care units (ICUs) is
important for clinical research and monitoring care quality. Most existing prediction models …

Background Prognostication is an essential tool for risk adjustment and decision making in
the intensive care unit (ICU). Research into prognostication in ICU has so far been limited to …