Accuracy of International classification of diseases, 10th revision codes for identifying severe sepsis in patients admitted from the emergency department

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-118

  Ibrahim, Irwani ^a,d   Jacobs, Ian G ^a   Webb, Steven A R ^a,b,c   Finn, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d National University Health System   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84866140581     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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