Derivation of a prediction rule for posttraumatic organ failure using plasma DNA and other variables

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 945, Issue , 2001, Pages 211-220

  Rainer, Timothy H ^a   Dennis Lo, Y M ^a   Chan, Lisa Y S ^a   Lam, Nicole Y L ^a   Lit, Lydia C W ^a   Cocks, Robert A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS); Organ failure (OF); Plasma DNA; Posttraumatic; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA GLOBIN; CREATINE KINASE; DNA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK LUNG; TRAUMATIC SHOCK;

EID: 0034751458     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03888.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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