Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Feb 1991
Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialImproved outcomes from tertiary center pediatric intensive care: a statewide comparison of tertiary and nontertiary care facilities.
To compare outcomes from pediatric intensive care in hospitals with different levels of resources. ⋯ Care of the most seriously ill children in tertiary pediatric ICUs could improve their chances of survival.
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Critical care medicine · Feb 1991
Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialClinical evaluation of closed-loop control of blood pressure in seriously ill patients.
To compare the effectiveness of a new method of closed-loop (automatic) control of BP with usual manual control. ⋯ The new closed-loop system is more effective than the usual manual control in managing acute BP disturbances in the seriously ill patient.
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Critical care medicine · Feb 1991
Mortality prediction models in intensive care: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II and mortality prediction model compared.
To compare the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score with the Mortality Prediction Model (MPM). ⋯ Our investigation indicates that both APACHE II and MPM are good predictors of hospital outcome in our population, but the level of intensive care services received before conventional ICU admission modifies accuracy of predictive models. In any study of outcome using comparative studies of classification systems, confounding biases should be measured.