Calibration of the paediatric index of mortality in UK paediatric intensive care units

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-128

  Pearson, G A ^a   Stickley, J ^a   Shann, F ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Mortality; Prediction model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035129808     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.84.2.125     Document Type: Article

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