TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative evaluation of clinical course in surgical ICU patients
T2 - The data conform to catastrophe theory
AU - Abrams, Jerome H.
AU - Barke, Roderick A.
AU - Cerra, Frank B.
PY - 1984/12
Y1 - 1984/12
N2 - A response surface for critically ill patients is described. The coordinates of the three-dimensional response surface are two control variables, or state variables, related to aerobic and anaerobic metabolism, and a response variable, the A-VO2 difference. The data conform to a cusp catastrophe manifold. Cardiac insufficiency, adaptive response to stress, and sepsis may be distinguished by this model. The distinction between control and response variables is discussed.
AB - A response surface for critically ill patients is described. The coordinates of the three-dimensional response surface are two control variables, or state variables, related to aerobic and anaerobic metabolism, and a response variable, the A-VO2 difference. The data conform to a cusp catastrophe manifold. Cardiac insufficiency, adaptive response to stress, and sepsis may be distinguished by this model. The distinction between control and response variables is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005373-198412000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00005373-198412000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 6439892
AN - SCOPUS:0021751574
SN - 0022-5282
VL - 24
SP - 1028
EP - 1037
JO - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
JF - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
IS - 12
ER -