Predicting outcome in critical care: the current status of the APACHE prognostic scoring system.

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Published in Can J Anaesth on April 01, 1991

Authors

D T Wong1, W A Knaus

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1: Department of ICU Research, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037.

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