Outcome prediction in intensive care: Results of a prospective, multicentre, Portuguese study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-186

  Moreno, R ^a   Morais, P ^a  

^a Hospital Capuchos   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II); Critical care; Intensive care; Mortality prediction; Severity of illness index; Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PORTUGAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031039043     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050313     Document Type: Article

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