Analysis of mortality according to the APACHE III system in a neurotrauma intensive care unit;Análisis de mortalidad en una unidad de cuidados intensivos neurotraumatológica según el sistema APACHE III

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 223-226

  García Delgado, Manuel ^a   Rivera Fernández, Ricardo ^a   De La Chica Ruiz Ruano, Rafael ^a   Fernández Mondéjar, Enrique Fernández ^a   Navarro, Pedro Navarrete ^a   Mata, Guillermo Vázquez ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE); Hospital mortality; Intensive care unit; Mortality prediction; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034763512     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(01)79690-8     Document Type: Article

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