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Developed and assessed an ICU severity score from acute physiology, age and chronic health status.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact four-author 1985 development-and-validation study. The score stratifies risk in the reported settings; it is not an individual prognosis guarantee and requires recalibration across populations and eras.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact four-author 1985 development-and-validation study. The score stratifies risk in the reported settings; it is not an individual prognosis guarantee and requires recalibration across populations and eras.
Contributors
- William A. Knaus · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Elizabeth A. Draper · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Douglas P. Wagner · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Jack E. Zimmerman · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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