Combining physician's subjective and physiology-based objective mortality risk predictions

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2984-2990

  Marcin, James P ^c   Pollack, Murray M ^a   Patel, Kantilal M ^a   Ruttimann, Urs E ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes Theorem; Critical care; Decision making; Intensive care; Mortality; Pediatric Risk of Mortality III; Pediatrics; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033847651     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200008000-00050     Document Type: Article

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