Comparison of Charlson comorbidity index with SAPS and APACHE scores for prediction of mortality following intensive care

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-211

  Christensen, Steffen ^a   Johansen, Martin Berg ^a   Christiansen, Christian Fynbo ^a   Jensen, Reinhold ^a   Lemeshow, Stanley ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCI; Epidemiology; ICU; Physiology based scores

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALIBRATION; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 80955136872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S20247     Document Type: Article

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