A predictive model of mortality in the ICU of a Mexico City hospital;Un modelo predictivo de mortalidad en una UCI de un hospital de la ciudad de México

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 591-599

  Rosel Ramírez, Roberto ^a   Loría, Alvar ^a   Domínguez Cherit, Guillermo ^a   Gutiérrez Sougarret, Bernardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ICU; Mortality; Organization administration (standards); Prevention; Statistics numerical data (utilization); Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEXICO; MODEL; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 12444262359     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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