Cumulative Sum Curves and Their Prediction Limits

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-364

  Grunkemeier, Gary L ^a   Jin, Ruyun ^a   Wu, YingXing ^a  

^a Medical Data Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58249141978     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.053     Document Type: Article

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