Journal article
Predicting outcome in ICU patients
Abstract
ConclusionsConsiderable time and energy has been invested in the conception, modelling and evaluation of sophisticated severity scoring systems for ICU patients. These systems are created to enhance the precise estimation of hospital mortality for large ICU patient populations. Their current low sensitivity precludes their use for predicting out-come for individual ICU patients. However, severity scores can already be valuable for predicting …
Authors
Suter P; Armaganidis A; Beaufils F; Bonfill X; Burchardi H; Cook D; Fagot-Largeault A; Thijs L; Vesconi S; Williams A
Journal
Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 390–397
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
May 1994
DOI
10.1007/bf01720917
ISSN
0342-4642