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Comparison of Charlson comorbidity index with SAPS and APACHE scores for prediction of mortality following intensive care

BACKGROUND: Physiology-based severity of illness scores are often used for risk adjustment in observational studies of intensive care unit (ICU) outcome. However, the complexity and time constraints of these scoring systems may limit their use in administrative databases. Comorbidity is a main deter...

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Autores principales: Christensen, Steffen, Johansen, Martin Berg, Christiansen, Christian Fynbo, Jensen, Reinhold, Lemeshow, Stanley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21750629
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S20247