Pertinency Between Patients′APACHEⅡ Scores and Nosocomial Infection / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate the pertinency between acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ scores(APACHEⅡ)and nosocomial infection.METHODS The clinical data from 1 007 ICU patients were evaluated with APACHEⅡ scores system,and made a prospective survey of nosocomial infection.RESULTS Along with the increase in APACHEⅡ scores,nosocomial infection rate and mortality showed rising trend and they were in linear relationship.CONCLUSIONS APACHEⅡ scores system not only can appraise the degrees of severity of illness,evaluate medical treatment,and estimate the prognosis,but also forecast nosocomial infection.