Criteria for ICU admission and severity of illness scoring

Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Williams, Claire ^a,b   Wheeler, Daniel ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APACHE; critical care; early warning scores; ICNARC; intensive care; outreach; scoring systems

Indexed keywords

CHILD PUGH LIVER FAILURE CLASSIFICATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANSON PANCREATITIS SCORE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS RELATED ORGAN FAILURE SCORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARD;

EID: 66549100495     PISSN: 02639319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2009.04.006     Document Type: Review

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