Power and limitations of daily prognostications of death in the medical intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 474-479

  Meadow, William ^a   Pohlman, Anne ^a   Frain, Laura ^a   Ren, Yaya ^a   Kress, John Paul ^a   Teuteberg, Winnie ^a   Hall, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical predictions; medical intensive care unit; medical intensive care unit survival; prognostication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEATH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79952192983     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318205df9b     Document Type: Article

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