Prediction of outcome from intensive care: A prospective cohort study comparing Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II and III prognostic systems in a United Kingdom intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-15

  Beck, Dieter H ^a   Taylor, Bruce L ^a   Millar, Brian ^b   Smith, Gary B ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bias; critical illness; hospital mortality; intensive care; intensive care unit; models, statistical; outcome prediction; patient outcome assessment; prognostication; severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031012307     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199701000-00006     Document Type: Article

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