The state of research on multipurpose severity of illness scoring systems: Are we on target?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1727-1729

  Apolone, G ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APACHE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY PROBABILITY MODEL II; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE II;

APACHE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034535567     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340000737     Document Type: Review

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