Quantifying prognosis with risk predictions

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-16

  Pace, Nathan L ^a   Eberhart, Leopold H J ^b   Kranke, Peter R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Logistic models; Odds ratio; Probability; Risk; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Risk scores

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

CALIBRATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856429106     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32834d9474     Document Type: Review

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