Does the addition of RDW improve current ICU scoring systems?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 569-574

  Loveday, Sarah ^a   Sinclair, Leanne ^b   Badrick, Tony ^a,c  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^c RCPAQAP Haematology   (Australia)

Author keywords

APACHE; ICU scoring systems; RDW

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AGED; APACHE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84929958520     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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