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. 2007 Jun 5;11(3):R62. doi: 10.1186/cc5932

Table 2.

Incidence of NRBCs in blood in medical intensive care patients in relation to the APACHE II and the SAPS II

Risk model Score range of risk model Incidence of NRBCs
APACHE II < 11 4.7% (6/127)
11–20 18.4% (28/152)
21–30 30.6% (22/72)
> 30 34.4% (11/32)
SAPS II < 21 5.6% (4/71)
21–40 13.3% (27/203)
41–60 34.3% (23/67)
> 60 30.9% (13/42)

APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; NRBC, nucleated red blood cell; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II.