Parsonnet score is a good predictor of the duration of intensive care unit stay following cardiac surgery

Heart

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 429-432

  Lawrence, D R ^a   Valencia, O ^a   Smith, E E J ^a   Murday, A ^a   Treasure, T ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Length of hospital stay; Parsonnet score; Rationing

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STERNOTOMY; STROKE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0034033522     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.83.4.429     Document Type: Article

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