Decision support issues using a physiology based score

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1299-1304

  Marcin, J P ^a   Pollack, M M ^a   Patel, K M ^a   Ruttimann, U E ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Certainty; Intensive care units; Pediatric intensive care; Prediction; PRISM; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031702711     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050766     Document Type: Article

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