Mortality discrimination in acute myocardial infarction: Comparison between APACHE III and SAPS II prognosis systems

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 326-330

  Reina, A ^a   Vazquez G ^a   Aguayo, E ^a   Bravo, I ^a   Colmenero, M ^a   Bravo, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Intensive medicine; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030891749     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050335     Document Type: Article

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