Immortal time bias in critical care research: Application of time-varying cox regression for observational cohort studies

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2939-2945

  Shintani, Ayumi K ^a   Girard, Timothy D ^b,d   Eden, Svetlana K ^a   Arbogast, Patrick G ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^c   Ely, E Wesley ^b,d  

^a Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Delirium; Intensive care unit; Monte Carlo method; Observation; Research design; Statistical bias

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

EID: 73449123357     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b7fbbb     Document Type: Article

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