SOFA so good for predicting long-term outcomes

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 537-538

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a   Sakr, Yasser ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EDITORIAL; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84859961671     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.02.024     Document Type: Editorial

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