Prediction of mortality among emergency medical admissions

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 372-375

  Goodacre, S ^a   Turner, J ^a   Nicholl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33744967968     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.028522     Document Type: Article

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