A Comprehensive Multimorbidity Index for Predicting Mortality in Intensive Care Unit Patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 35-41

  Min, Hua ^a   Avramovic, Sanja ^a   Wojtusiak, Janusz ^a   Khosla, Rahul ^b,c   Fletcher, Ross D ^b,d   Alemi, Farrokh ^a,b   Elfadel Kheirbek, Raya ^b,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

intensive care units; mortality; multimorbidity; prognosis; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INPATIENT EVALUATION CENTER INDEX; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMORBIDITY INDEX; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 85007227635     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0392     Document Type: Article

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