Using routine blood test results to predict the risk of death for emergency medical admissions to hospital: An external model validation study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 27-31

  Faisal, M ^a,b   Howes, R ^c   Steyerberg, E W ^d   Richardson, D ^e   Mohammed, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY AND HAEMATOLOGY OUTCOME MODEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; PATIENT RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; BLOOD EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85014109547     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw110     Document Type: Article

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