Prognosis in the intensive care unit: Finding accurate and useful estimates for counseling patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 767-772

  Randolph, Adrienne G ^a,g   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b   Richardson, W Scott ^c   Bernard, Gordon ^h   Bone, Roger ^h   Brun Buisson, Christian ^h   Calvin, James ^h   Carlet, Jean ^h   Cerra, Frank ^h   Chalfin, Don ^h   Dans, Antonio ^h   Doig, Gordon ^h   Ellrodt, Gray ^h   Fink, Mitchell ^h   Fisher Jr , Charles ^h   Hébert, Paul ^e   Heyland, Daren ^e   Inman, Kevin ^h   Jaeschke, Roman ^h   Keenan, Sean ^f   Kernerman, Philip ^h   Levy, Mitchell ^h   Maldonado, Lawrence ^h   Marshall, John ^h   Meade, Maureen ^h   Russell, John ^h   Rutledge, Frank ^h   Shabot, Michael ^h   Sibbald, William ^h   Smithies, Mark ^h   Sprung, Charles ^h   Vincent, Jean Louis ^h   Cook, Deborah J ^d,e   more..

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^f Canadian Lung Association   (Canada)

^g AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Epidemiology; Evidence based medicine; Outcomes research; Prediction; Prognosis; Quality of care; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; COUNSELING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0031941805     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199804000-00031     Document Type: Article

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