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SAPS 3—From evaluation of the patient to evaluation of the intensive care unit. Part 1: Objectives, methods and cohort description

Intensive Care Medicine · 2005 · Vol. 31(10) · pp. 1336–1344

Philipp Metnitz✉(Vienna General Hospital)Rui P. Moreno(Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos)Eduardo Alves de Almeida(Hospital Garcia de Orta)Barbara Jordan(University of Vienna)Peter Bauer(Vienna General Hospital)Ricardo Abizanda Campos(Hospital General Universitari de Castelló)G. Iapichino(Ospedale San Paolo)David Edbrooke(Royal Hallamshire Hospital)Maurizia Capuzzo(University of Ferrara)Jean‐Roger Le Gall(Université Paris Cité)on behalf of the SAPS 3 Investigators

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Abstract

The SAPS 3 study was able to provide a high-quality multinational database, reflecting heterogeneity of current ICU case-mix and typology. The poor performance of SAPS II in this cohort underscores the need for development of a new risk adjustment system for critically ill patients.

Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicineIntensive care unitCohortSAPS IIAnesthesiologyEmergency medicineIntensive careIntensive care medicineCohort studyProspective cohort study

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AgedAged, 80 and overData CollectionEvaluation Studies as TopicFemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexHospital Mortality