title: Predicting mortality after elective open-heart surgery using midregional-proadrenomedullin: is it time to scalp Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation IV?
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA Critical Care Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Alan H B
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Kaye
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hale
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D053607:Adrenomedullin / Q000097:blood*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; C088633:proadrenomedullin; D053607:Adrenomedullin