P-POSSUM scoring system for mortality prediction in general neurosurgery

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 567-570

  Chen, W ^a   Fong, J W H ^a   Lind, C R P ^a,b   Knuckey, N W ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Mortality rate; Neurosurgery; Operative variables; Physiological variables; Prediction; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77949915098     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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