Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 505-506

  Latronico, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coma; Multivariable analysis; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN STEM; COMA; CONCEPTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; EDITORIAL; FEVER; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS; GENETIC CODE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; ITALY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; VENTILATED PATIENT; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84925310797     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000795     Document Type: Editorial

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