The application of the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅲ score system in the patients with lower respiratory tract infections of pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care unit / 中国呼吸与危重监护杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo predict the opportunity of infection and evaluate the severity of illness and prognosis for patients with lower resp iratory tract infections in intensive care unit (ICU) using the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅲ (APACHEⅢ) MethodsThe clini cal data of 115 cases with infections of pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) in lowe r respiratory tract and 116 cases without PA infections were analyzed and evalua ted with APACHEⅢ score system ResultsAPACHEⅢ scores of non -survivors were significantly higher than those of survivors [(55 29?15 83) vs (25 97?14 39),P