Do thyroid hormone levels improve the prediction of mortality among patients admitted to the intensive care unit?
The addition of thyroid hormones to the APACHE score improves the prediction of mortality for ICU patients.
In complex polytrauma patients who survived to ICU admission and who were prescreened for high VTE risk, TBI did not further increase the risk for VTE. The most likely explanation is that no single risk factor is necessary or sufficient for VTE development, especially in those who routinely receive chemical and mechanical thromboprophylaxis.