Is acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score a better predictor of mortality than IBMP-10 in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia?
The IBMP-10 score was less reliable than the APACHE II score in predicting 14-day mortality in this independent population of VAP patients. This finding highlights the need for additional validation of new disease severity scoring systems in a study population independent of the population used to derive score criteria, as well as in more specific populations of critically ill patients.
The results show that BCP supplemented with ADO reduces infarct size, preserves postischemic systolic and diastolic regional function but does not attenuate coronary artery endothelial dysfunction unless administered during reperfusion.