Impact of different measures of comorbid disease on predicted mortality of intensive care unit patients

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 929-940

  Johnston, Joseph A ^a,b,d   Wagner, Douglas P ^c   Timmons, Stephen ^a   Welsh, Deborah ^a   Tsevat, Joel ^a,b   Render, Marta L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor HSR and D ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Intensive care; Mortality prediction; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

APACHE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

APACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0036782401     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200210000-00010     Document Type: Article

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