APACHE
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship.

13 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Organisms resistant to antimicrobials continue to emerge and spread. This study was performed to measure the medical and societal cost attributable to antimicrobial-resistant infection (ARI). METHODS: A sample of high-risk hospitalized ... Read more...

Critically Ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico.

10 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: In March 2009, novel 2009 influenza A(H1N1) was first reported in the southwestern United States and Mexico. The population and health care system in Mexico City experienced the first and greatest early burden of critical illness. ... Read more...

Ineffective triggering predicts increased duration of mechanical ventilation.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: To determine whether high rates of ineffective triggering within the first 24 hrs of mechanical ventilation (MV) are associated with longer MV duration and shorter ventilator-free survival (VFS). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'APACHE'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship. 13 Oct 2009
• Critically Ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico. 10 Oct 2009
• Ineffective triggering predicts increased duration of mechanical ventilation. 29 Sep 2009
• Accuracy of AccuChek glucose measurement in intensive care patients. 29 Sep 2009
• High occupancy increases the risk of early death or readmission after transfer from intensive care. 29 Sep 2009
• A common haplotype of the LBP gene predisposes to severe sepsis. 29 Sep 2009
• The revised Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation System (APACHE II) is more effective than the Glasgow Coma Scale for prediction of mortality in head-injured patients with systemic trauma. 30 Aug 2009
• Management of Bacillus bacteremia: the need for catheter removal. 30 Aug 2009
• The 90-day mortality and the subsequent renal recovery in critically ill surgical patients requiring acute renal replacement therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Re: Risk assessment in acute pancreatitis Br J Surg (Br J Surg 2009; 96: 137-150). 30 Aug 2009
• Blood stream infections by Candida glabrata and Candida krusei: a single-center experience. 24 Aug 2009
• Local and systemic consequences of large retroperitoneal clot burdens. 30 Jul 2009
• A comparison between the APACHE II and Charlson Index Score for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients. 28 Jul 2009
• Decoy receptor 3 levels in peripheral blood predict outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome. 28 Jul 2009
• Outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a polyvalent intensive care unit: clinical, epidemiological analysis and PFGE-printing evolution. 27 Jul 2009
• APACHE III outcome prediction in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after liver transplantation: a retrospective cohort study. 27 Jul 2009
• Does timing of dialysis in patients with ESRD and acute myocardial infarcts affect morbidity or mortality? 7 Jul 2009
• Prognostic significance of brain natriuretic peptide obtained in the ED in patients with SIRS or sepsis. 29 Jun 2009
• [Energy expenditure and nutritional support in intensive care patients] 29 Jun 2009
• Predicting mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: The APACHE II score versus the new IBMP-10 score. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'APACHE'

Definition: An acronym for Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, a scoring system using routinely collected data and providing an accurate, objective description for a broad range of intensive care unit admissions, measuring severity of illness in critically ill patients.

Descriptor UI: D018806

Alternative terms: APACHE; Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; APACHE II; APACHE III; APACHE I;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.250.475.365;

History Note: 95

Technical Notes: an acronym explained by X ref; no qualif