Intensive care unit morbidity and mortality from eclampsia: An evaluation of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score and the Glasgow Coma Scale score

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 120-124

  Bhagwanjee, Satish ^a   Paruk, Fathima ^a   Moodley, Jack ^a   Muckart, David J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score; Eclampsia; Glasgow Coma Scale; Intensive care; Maternal morbidity and mortality; Outcome prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033974807     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200001000-00020     Document Type: Article

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