Predictive ability of the stability and workload index for transfer score to predict unplanned readmissions after ICU discharge

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1608-1615

  Kastrup, Marc ^a   Powollik, Robert ^a   Balzer, Felix ^a   Röber, Susanne ^a   Ahlborn, Robert ^a   Von Dossow Hanfstingl, Vera ^b   Wernecke, Klaus D ^c   Spies, Claudia D ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SOSTANA GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

discharge; intensive care unit; prediction score; readmission; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STABILITY AND WORK INDEX FOR TRANSFER SCORE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED OCCUPANCY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84880572805     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a217b     Document Type: Article

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