Severity of illness scoring systems and performance appraisal

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1185-1194

  Ridley, S ^a  

^a Adults and Learning Disabilities   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care; severity of illness scoring systems

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; APACHE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031723075     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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