A classification and regression tree to assist clinical decision making in airway management for patients with cervical spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Berney, S C ^a   Gordon, I R ^b   Opdam, H I ^a   Denehy, L ^b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

classification and regression tree; clinical decision making; intensive care; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LUNG PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ASPHYXIA; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551690204     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.97     Document Type: Article

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