Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, ISSN 1918-3003 print, 1918-3011 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 9, Number 11, November 2017, pages 907-910


Predicting Mortality of Patients With Sepsis: A Comparison of APACHE II and APACHE III Scoring Systems

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Receiver operating characteristic curves for APACHE II score and APACHE III score for prediction of hospital mortality.

Table

Table 1. Comparison of APACHE II and APACHE III Scoring Systems in Patients With Sepsis
 
APACHE IIAPACHE III
APACHE: Acute Physiology, Age and Chronic Health Evaluation; SD: standard deviation; ROC: receiver-operating characteristic curve; CI: confidence interval.
Number of patients2,0542,054
Average score (SD)19 (7)68 (28)
Correlation with hospital mortality, r0.410.44
ROC (95% CI)0.80 (0.78 - 0.82)0.83 (0.81 - 0.85)