Evaluation of the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation III in predicting the prognosis of patients admitted to emergency department, in need of intensive care unit

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1141-1145

  Hatamabadi, Hamid Reza ^a,b   Darbandsar Mazandarani, Parvin ^a   Abdalvand, Ali ^a   Arhami Dolatabadi, Ali ^a   Amini, Afshin ^a   Kariman, Hamid ^a   Derakhshanfar, Hojjat ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVOR;

AGED; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84865469820     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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