Predicting mortality in intensive care unit survivors using a subjective scoring system

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Afessa, Bekele ^a   Keegan, Mark T ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; SURVIVOR;

APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34248216479     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5683     Document Type: Note

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