External validation of the simple clinical score and the HOTEL score, two scores for predicting short-term mortality after admission to an acute medical unit

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Stræde, Mia ^a   Brabrand, Mikkel ^a,b  

^a ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOTEL SCORE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLE CLINICAL SCORE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84929517028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105695     Document Type: Article

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