Med Clin Barcelona
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The evaluation of the costs of intensive care is a subject of interest at present, due to the high resources required by this area of health care services and the rhythm at which these costs increase. Such an evaluation has rarely been carried out in Spain. The aim of this study was to quantify the cost of medical care to critical patients in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in addition to evaluate the relationship between the severity of the disease and the short term result of intensive health care. ⋯ A significant relation was found between the cost and severity of the disease, with the maximum costs being found in patients in whom survival was expected but who died and vice versa.
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Letter Case Reports
[Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction caused by opiates treated with naloxone].
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Comparative Study
[Failure of prediction of results with APACHE II. Analysis of prediction errors of mortality in critical patients].
The evaluation of the prognosis of critically ill patients by the APACHE II method is common in intensive care units (ICU). The aim of the present was to analyze the possible factors associated to errors in prediction. ⋯ The factors analyzed did not demonstrate that they may influence or be associated with errors in prediction of the prognosis of patients admitted to an intensive care unit, with these errors probably being due to errors in the system used.