Modeling in-hospital patient survival during the first 28 days after intensive care unit admission. A prognostic model for clinical trials in general critically ill patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-348

  Moreno, Rui P ^a   Metnitz, Philipp G H ^b   Metnitz, Barbara ^b   Bauer, Peter ^b   Afonso de Carvalho, Susana ^a   Hoechtl, Anette ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO DOS CAPUCHOS   (Portugal)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

28 day survival; Critical care; Intensive care; Outcome; Severity scores

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49749123431     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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