Comparison of Clinical Assessment With APACHE II for Predicting Mortality Risk in Patients Admitted to a Medical Intensive Care Unit

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 12, 1988, Pages 1739-1742

  Kruse, James A ^a   Thill Baharozian, Mary C ^a   Carlson, Richard W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0023810574     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410120085032     Document Type: Article

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