Comparison of physician prediction with 2 prognostic scoring systems in predicting 2-year mortality after intensive care admission: A linked-data cohort study

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423.e9-423.e15

  Litton, Edward ^a,b   Ho, Kwok M ^a,c   Webb, Steven A R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Outcomes; Prediction; Scoring systems

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; PREDICTED RISK EXISTING DISEASE INTENSIVE CARE THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84864140530     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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