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'''APACHE II''' (Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation) is a method commonly used in [[medicine]] and [[critical care]] for  predicting the severity of illness. It was first developed in 1985<ref name="pmid3928249">{{cite journal |author=Knaus WA, Draper EA, Wagner DP, Zimmerman JE |title=APACHE II: a severity of disease classification system |journal=Crit. Care Med. |volume=13 |issue=10 |pages=818–29 |year=1985 |month=October |pmid=3928249 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref> and is available online.<ref>It is available online at http://www.sfar.org/scores2/apache22.html </ref>
'''APACHE II''' (Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation) is a method commonly used in [[medicine]] and [[critical care]] for  predicting the severity of illness. It was first developed in 1985<ref name="pmid3928249">{{cite journal |author=Knaus WA, Draper EA, Wagner DP, Zimmerman JE |title=APACHE II: a severity of disease classification system |journal=Crit. Care Med. |volume=13 |issue=10 |pages=818–29 |year=1985 |month=October |pmid=3928249 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref> and is available online.<ref>It is available online at http://www.sfar.org/scores2/apache22.html </ref> A score from 0 to 71 is computed based on several different parameters and the higher the score the more severe the disease and associated risk of death.


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APACHE II (Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation) is a method commonly used in medicine and critical care for predicting the severity of illness. It was first developed in 1985[1] and is available online.[2] A score from 0 to 71 is computed based on several different parameters and the higher the score the more severe the disease and associated risk of death.

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  1. Knaus WA, Draper EA, Wagner DP, Zimmerman JE (October 1985). "APACHE II: a severity of disease classification system". Crit. Care Med. 13 (10): 818–29. PMID 3928249[e]
  2. It is available online at http://www.sfar.org/scores2/apache22.html