Severity scoring in the critically ill: Part 2: Maximizing value from outcome prediction scoring systems

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 518-527

  Breslow, Michael J ^a   Badawi, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERITY SCORING; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84856752042     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0331     Document Type: Review

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