Critically ill medical patients, their demographics and outcome

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 845-852

  Lam, S ^a   Ridley, S ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care; medical, outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032851178     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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