Modelling survival in acute severe illness: Cox versus accelerated failure time models

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-93

  Moran, John L ^a   Bersten, Andrew D ^b   Solomon, Patricia J ^c   Edibam, Cyrus ^d   Hunt, Tamara ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerated failure time models; Acute respiratory failure; Cox regression; Survival analysis; Time varying covariates

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED FAILURE TIME MODEL; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CENSORSHIP; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349080873     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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