title: Correlation of therapeutic modalities and mortality in critical care.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, NJ 08629.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiaramida
mesh_terms: 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