Revisiting the validity of APACHE II in the trauma ICU: improved risk stratification in critically injured adults.

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Published in Injury on June 16, 2009

Authors

Lesly A Dossett1, Leigh Anne Redhage, Robert G Sawyer, Addison K May

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 404 Medical Arts Building, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. lesly.dossett@vanderbilt.edu

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