Predicting hospital-acquired infections by scoring system with simple parameters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Chang, Ying Jui ^a,b   Yeh, Min Li ^a,c   Li, Yu Chuan ^d   Hsu, Chien Yeh ^d   Lin, Chao Cheng ^e   Hsu, Meng Shiuan ^b   Chiu, Wen Ta ^d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BALLOON CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS ULCER; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULAR ACCESS; CROSS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROC CURVE;

EID: 80051999222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023137     Document Type: Article

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