The Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score and Injury Severity Score (ISS) for predicting resource utilization and outcome of intensive care in pediatric trauma

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 985-988

  Castello, Frank V ^a   Cassano, Anthony ^a   Gregory, Patrice ^a   Hammond, Jeffrey ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Intensive care unit; Mortality prediction; Patient outcome assessment; Pediatric; Pediatrics; Resource utilization; Severity of illness index; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEW JERSEY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032995675     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199905000-00041     Document Type: Article

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