APACHE II, data accuracy and outcome prediction

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 937-943

  Goldhill, D R ^a   Sumner, A ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Audit; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APACHE; DATABASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONDON; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031690868     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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