Pediatric mortality probability estimated from pre-ICU severity of illness

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-63

  Kanter, Robert K ^a   Edge, Walter E ^b   Caldwell, Cecelia R ^c   Nocera, Mary Alice ^c   Orr, Richard A ^d  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

interhospital transport; mortality prediction; outcome assessment; regionalization; severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030937482     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.1.59     Document Type: Article

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