Use of a multivariable model to estimate the probability of discharge in hospitalized foals that are 7 days of age or less

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1748-1756

  Rohrbach, Barton W ^a   Buchanan, Benjamin R ^a,i   Drake, Jennifer M ^a   Andrews, Frank M ^a   Bain, Fairfield T ^b   Byars, Douglas T ^b,j   Bernard, William V ^c,k   Furr, Martin O ^d   Paradis, Mary Rose ^e   Lawler, Jacquelin ^f,l   Giguère, Steeve ^g   Dunkel, Bettina ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MARION DUPONT SCOTT EQUINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Peterson Smith Equine Hospital   (United States)

^g University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ Brazos Valley Equine Hospital   (United States)

^j Equine Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^k Equine Internal Medicine Consulting   (United States)

^l Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIABLE MODEL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 33646949174     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.11.1748     Document Type: Review

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