Wheeler Megan M
Intermediate Care Unit, St David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Q. 2009 Jan-Mar;32(1):46-8. doi: 10.1097/01.CNQ.0000343134.12071.a5.
A cursory evaluation of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, commonly known as the APACHE scoring system, validates its relevancy as the most widely used method for assessing severity and prognosis in intensive care unit patients. The APACHE system works and the evolution from APACHE I to APACHE IV reveal that each version has its positives and negatives. It would behoove critical care nurses to know differences and how each could be best utilized.
对急性生理学与慢性健康状况评估（通常称为APACHE评分系统）进行粗略评估，证实了其作为重症监护病房患者严重程度和预后评估最广泛使用方法的相关性。APACHE系统是有效的，从APACHE I到APACHE IV的演变表明每个版本都有其优缺点。重症护理护士应该了解这些差异以及如何最好地利用每个版本。
