SAPS 3-From evaluation of the patient to evaluation of the intensive care unit. Part 1: Objectives, methods and cohort description

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1336-1344

  Metnitz, Philipp G H ^a   Moreno, Rui P ^b   Almeida, Eduardo ^c   Jordan, Barbara ^d   Bauer, Peter ^j   Campos, Ricardo Abizanda ^e   Iapichino, Gaetano ^f   Edbrooke, David ^g   Capuzzo, Maurizia ^h   Le Gall, Jean Roger ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO DOS CAPUCHOS   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e Hospital Universitario Asociado General de Castello   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

ⁱ SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Hospital mortality; ICU mortality; Intensive care unit; Risk adjustment; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 26444464890     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2762-6     Document Type: Article

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