Development and validation of the mortality risk for trauma comorbidity index

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 370-375

  Thompson, Hilaire J ^a   Rivara, Frederick P ^b   Nathens, Avery ^c   Wang, Jin ^b   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^b   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK SCORE FOR TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955171127     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181df03d6     Document Type: Article

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