Risk factors for predicting mortality in a paediatric intensive care unit

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 813-818

  Tan, G H ^b   Tan, T H ^b   Goh, D Y T ^b   Kim, Yap Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mortality; Multi organ dysfunction; Outcome analysis; PRISM III

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032198046     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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