new method for prediction of the hospitalization period in icu using neural networks

ABSTRACT

Introduction:APACHE [Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation] score is a medical tool designed to measure the severity of disease for adult patients admitted to Intensive Care Units [ICU]. However, it is designed based on the American patients' data and is not well suited to be used for Iranian people. In addition, Iranian hospitals are not equipped with High Dependency Units which is required for original APACHE