JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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To develop customized versions of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) and the 24-hour Mortality Probability Model II (MPM II) to estimate the probability of mortality for intensive care unit patients with early severe sepsis. ⋯ Customization provides a simple technique to apply existing models to a subgroup of patients. Accurately assessing the probability of hospital mortality is a useful adjunct for clinical trials.
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To determine whether there is a racial difference in prognosis among childhood cancers. ⋯ With equal access to effective contemporary treatment, black children with cancer fare as well as white children when treated with protocol-based therapy at a pediatric oncology research center.