Utility of Illness Severity Scoring for Prediction of Prolonged Surgical Critical Care

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 513-518

  Barie, Philip S ^a,b   Hydo, Lynn J ^a   Fischer, Eva ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Length of stay; Models; Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; Outcome prediction; Prognostication; Severity of illness; Statistical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029932062     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199604000-00002     Document Type: Article

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