Systematic overestimation of mortality by SAPS II in contemporary ICU practice: a retrospective study analyzing ICU patient outcome using the 2013-2024 French National Health Database.
BACKGROUND The present study re-evaluates the performance of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) II to predict in-hospital mortality of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients by analyzing the French nationwide hospital stay billing database between 2013 and 2024. METHODS From 2,702,204 adult ICU admissions, 80%...