Does acute organ dysfunction predict patient-centered outcomes?

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Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1963-1971

  Clermont, Gilles ^a   Angus, Derek C ^a   Linde Zwirble, Walter T ^c   Griffin, Martin F ^c   Fine, Michael J ^b   Pinsky, Michael R ^b  

^a Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness CRISMA Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Health Process Management LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Critical illness; Mortality; Organ dysfunction; Organ failure; Outcome; Quality of life; Surrogate outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0036283324     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.6.1963     Document Type: Article

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