Ethical, legal and organizational issues in the ICU: Prediction of outcome

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 619-623

  Moreno, Rui ^a,b   Afonso, Susana ^a  

^a Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO DOS CAPUCHOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

APACHE; Intensive care; Outcome prediction models; SAPS; Severity scores

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

APACHE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 33750536017     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328010c800     Document Type: Review

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