Sick? Or, not sick?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1151-1153

  Shapiro, Nathan ^a   Howell, Michael D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Risk prediction; Severity of illness score; Triage tools; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SOLDIER; STROKE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 18344365663     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000162498.98278.77     Document Type: Editorial

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