The use of routine laboratory data to predict in-hospital death in medical admissions

Resuscitation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Prytherch, D R ^a   Sirl, J S ^a   Schmidt, P ^a   Featherstone, P I ^a   Weaver, P C ^a   Smith, G B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Emergency medical services; Outcome; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 22744438253     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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