Risk factors for ICU mortality in critically ill patients

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 656-661

  Chen, Y C ^a   Lin, S F ^a   Liu, C J ^a   Jiang, D D S ^a   Yang, P C ^a   Chang, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial Candida infection; Parenteral nutrition; Scoring system; Syndrome; Systemic inflammatory response; Therapeutic intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035202326     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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