RT Journal
A1 Esteban A, Frutos F, Alía I, Anzueto A
T1 LOng-term trends in mortality in the intensive care unit—reply
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2002
FD April 10
VO 287
IS 14
SP 1805
OP 1805
DO 10.1001/jama.287.14.1799
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.287.14.1799
AB 
In Reply: We apologize for the oversight of
not citing the study of Dr Petty and colleagues1
in our article. However, Petty points out the difficulty of comparing both
studies. The study of Petty et al was a retrospective, 10-year evaluation
in a single intensive care unit, while our article was based on a prospective,
multicenter, international review. Furthermore, the study by Petty et al lacked
important demographics information (such as age or sex) and, at that time,
did not have any objective assessments of patient severity (ie, simplified
acute physiology score II or APACHE III scores).