Which observation from the complete blood cell count predict mortality for hospitalized patients?

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-12

  Kho, Abel N ^a,b   Hui, Siu ^a   Kesterson, Joe G ^a   Mcdonald, Clement J ^a  

^a REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic decision making; Electronic medical record; Laboratory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN INJURY; CELL STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947728242     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.143     Document Type: Article

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