A predictive model for mortality of bloodstream infections: Bedside analysis with the Weibull function

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 563-572

  Vales, Emilio Casariego ^a,c   Abraira, Victor ^b   Sánchez, Juan Carlos Corredoira ^a   García, María Pilar Alonso ^a   Feijoo, Asunción Rodríguez ^a   Alvarez, María José López ^a   Otero, José Varela ^a   Nieto, Amparo Coira ^a   Rey, Ramón Rabuñal ^a   Veloso, María Teresa Rigueiro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c Ronda de la Muralla   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Mortality; Prognosis, Weibull function; Septicemia; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NEOPLASM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036277990     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00520-0     Document Type: Article

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