Like APACHE II, APACHE IV provides the basis for the calculation of an estimated risk of death. They represent a usefull tool to compare populations of patients, in clinical studies, or in quality audit. Built on the study of a more recent patient population and standard of care, it has now become the recommended score to be used instead of APACHE II and III.ĪPACHE scores are probably the most widely used in Intensive care, to quantify the severity of the illness of the patients. The APACHE II score was published in 1985 APACHE IV is the latest version, published in 2006. APACHE means Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation.
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