A novel multispecialty surgical risk score for children

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Rhee, Daniel ^a,b   Salazar, Jose H ^a   Zhang, Yiyi ^c   Yang, Jingyan ^c   Yang, Jessica ^a   Papandria, Dominic ^a   Ortega, Gezzer ^a   Goldin, Adam B ^d   Rangel, Shawn J ^e   Chrouser, Kristin ^f   Chang, David C ^g   Abdullah, Fizan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Mortality prediction; Quality improvement; Risk assessment; Roc

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84874596826     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2244     Document Type: Article

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