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APACHE II

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APACHE II ("Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II") is a severity-of-disease classification system (Knaus et al., 1985), one of several ICU scoring systems. [1]

7 relations: ASA physical status classification system, Emergency department, Glasgow Coma Scale, ICU scoring systems, Intensive care unit, Physiology, SAPS II.

ASA physical status classification system

The ASA physical status classification system is a system for assessing the fitness of patients before surgery.

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Emergency department

An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident & emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.

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Glasgow Coma Scale

The Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is a neurological scale which aims to give a reliable and objective way of recording the conscious state of a person for initial as well as subsequent assessment.

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ICU scoring systems

There are several scoring systems in intensive care units (ICUs) today.

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Intensive care unit

Intensive care unit An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive treatment medicine.

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Physiology

Physiology is the scientific study of normal mechanisms, and their interactions, which work within a living system.

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SAPS II

SAPS II is a severity of disease classification system (Le Gall, Lemeshow, Saulnier, 1993).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APACHE_II

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