Mortality predicted by APACHE II. The effect of changes in physiological values and post-ICU hospital mortality

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 719-723

  Goldhill, D R ^a   Withington, P Stuart ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Complications; Intensive care; Mortality; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029775012     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07882.x     Document Type: Article

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