Severity of illness

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-38

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a   Bruzzi De Carvalho, Frederico ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Hospital Mater Dei   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mortality; Organ dysfunction; Outcome prediction

Indexed keywords

APACHE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 76749114824     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1246287     Document Type: Review

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