Risk-adjusted outcome evaluation in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 240-245

  Hariharan, S ^a   Merritt Charles, L ^a   Chen, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVOR;

EID: 36749040739     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442007000300010     Document Type: Article

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