ICU scoring systems do not allow prediction of patient outcomes or comparison of ICU performance

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 515-523

  Sherck, J P ^a   Shatney, C H ^a  

^a SCVMC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA BASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0030017116     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(05)70259-1     Document Type: Article

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