Differences in pediatric ICU mortality risk over time

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1737-1743

  Tilford, John M ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Intensive care; Mortality prediction; Patient outcome assessment; Pediatric Risk of Mortality II; Pediatrics; Probability models; Prognostication; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031670926     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199810000-00032     Document Type: Article

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