Pre-admission functional status impacts the performance of the APACHE IV model of mortality prediction in critically ill patients

Functional status (FS) before intensive care unit (ICU) admission is associated with short-term and long-term outcomes among critically ill patients. However, measures of FS are generally not integrated into I...

Source: Critical Care - May 15, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: James S. Krinsley, Thomas Wasser, Gina Kang and Sean M. Bagshaw Source Type: research