Killip Classification (acute MI)
Killip classification for acute MI (Killip & Kimball 1967): class I-IV by heart-failure signs, with the original-cohort in-hospital mortality percentage.
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Example
- Killip class
- 1
Result: Killip I: in-hospital mortality 6% in the Killip 1967 original cohort.
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What the result means
- I
- In-hospital mortality 6% in the Killip 1967 original cohort.
- II
- In-hospital mortality 17% in the Killip 1967 original cohort.
- III
- In-hospital mortality 38% in the Killip 1967 original cohort.
- IV
- In-hospital mortality 81% in the Killip 1967 original cohort.
What you enter
- Killip class (I no HF signs / II rales or S3 / III pulmonary edema / IV cardiogenic shock)
How this is calculated
Killip T, Kimball JT. Treatment of myocardial infarction in a coronary care unit. A two-year experience with 250 patients. Am J Cardiol. 1967;20(4):457-464. Read the source ↗
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