Correlation of therapeutic modalities and mortality in critical care.
Severity scoring systems are time consuming for physicians and other health professionals. In addition, they are unlikely to be used by resident physicians wishing to have a quantitative measure of a patient's severity. The authors describe a new critical care scoring system.
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Department of Medicine, St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, NJ 08629.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index