A comparison of three scoring systems for mortality risk among retrieved intensive care patients

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 421-425

  Tibby, S M ^a   Taylor, D ^a   Festa, M ^b   Hanna, S ^a   Hatherill, M ^a   Jones, G ^a   Habibi, P ^b   Durward, A ^a   Murdoch, I A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CASE MIX; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC INDEX OF MORTALITY; PRE ICU PRISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM II; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036828722     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.5.421     Document Type: Article

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