Severity scores in surgery: What for and who needs them? An introduction: Definition, aims, classification and evaluation

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-58

  Neugebauer, E A M ^a   Lefering, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audit; Prognosis; Score systems; Severity classification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0036923856     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-002-0283-0     Document Type: Article

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