Simple translational equations to compare illness severity scores in intensive care trials

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 885.e1-885.e8

  Schneider, Antoine G ^a,b   Lipcsey, Miklós ^a,e   Bailey, Michael ^b   Pilcher, David V ^c,d   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

APACHE score; Illness severity score; Mortality prediction; SAPS score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE;

APACHE SCORE; ILLNESS SEVERITY SCORE; MORTALITY PREDICTION; SAPS SCORE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84883555188     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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