An External Independent Validation of APACHE IV in a Malaysian Intensive Care Unit

Wong, R.S. and Ismail, N.A. and Tan, C.C. (2015) An External Independent Validation of APACHE IV in a Malaysian Intensive Care Unit. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 44 (4). pp. 127-132. ISSN 0304-4602,

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Intensive care unit (ICU) prognostic models are predominantly used in more developed nations such as the United States, Europe and Australia. These are not that popular in Southeast Asian countries due to costs and technology considerations. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the suitability of the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) IV model in a single centre Malaysian ICU. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective study was conducted at the single centre ICU in Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSA) Malaysia. External validation of APACHE IV involved a cohort of 916 patients who were admitted in 2009. Model performance was assessed through its calibration and discrimination abilities. A first-level customisation using logistic regression approach was also applied to improve model calibration. RESULTS: APACHE IV exhibited good discrimination, with an area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.78. However, the model's overall fit was observed to be poor, as indicated by the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test (Ĉ = 113, P <0.001). Predicted in-ICU mortality rate (28.1%) was significantly higher than the actual in-ICU mortality rate (18.8%). Model calibration was improved after applying first-level customisation (Ĉ = 6.39, P = 0.78) although discrimination was not affected. CONCLUSION: APACHE IV is not suitable for application in HSA ICU, without further customisation. The model's lack of fit in the Malaysian study is attributed to differences in the baseline characteristics between HSA ICU and APACHE IV datasets. Other possible factors could be due to differences in clinical practice, quality and services of health care systems between Malaysia and the United States.

Item Type: Article
Funders: University of Malaya grant RG138/09HTM Assessment of Performance of the Scoring Systems at an interdisciplinary ICU
Uncontrolled Keywords: Mortality; Prognostic models; Severity of illness
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
R Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Economics & Administration
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 28 Sep 2018 02:58
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2018 02:58
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/19447

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