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    The document summarizes the APACHE II scoring system, a severity of disease classification system developed to objectively describe the degree of disease severity and prognosticate the mortality outcome of critically ill patients. It was published in 1985 in Critical Care Medicine and has received over 13,000 citations since. The authors include William A. Knaus from the University of Virginia who has published over 300 papers and cited over 65,000 times, focusing on topics like immunotherapy of sepsis and genomic decision support.

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    The document summarizes the APACHE II scoring system, a severity of disease classification system developed to objectively describe the degree of disease severity and prognosticate the mortality outcome of critically ill patients. It was published in 1985 in Critical Care Medicine and has received over 13,000 citations since. The authors include William A. Knaus from the University of Virginia who has published over 300 papers and cited over 65,000 times, focusing on topics like immunotherapy of sepsis and genomic decision support.

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    APACHE II: a severity of disease classification system

    Article  in  Critical Care Medicine · November 1985


    DOI: 10.1097/00003465-198603000-00013 · Source: PubMed

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