Performance of APACHE III over time in Australia and New Zealand: A retrospective cohort study

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 980-994

  Paul, E ^a   Bailey, M ^a   Van Lint, A ^a,b   Pilcher, D V ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society   (Australia)

Author keywords

APACHE III j; Modelling; Mortality predicton

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871892981     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1204000609     Document Type: Article

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