Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 339-348 , September 2008

Modeling in-hospital patient survival during the first 28 days after intensive care unit admission: A prognostic model for clinical trials in general critically ill patients

  • Rui P. Moreno, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente, Hospital de St. António dos Capuchos, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, E. P. E., Lisboa, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +351 21 3153784.
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  • Philipp G.H. Metnitz, MD, PhD, DEAA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology and General Intensive Care, University Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Barbara Metnitz, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical University of Vienna, Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Section of Medical Statistics, Vienna, Austria
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  • Peter Bauer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical University of Vienna, Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Section of Medical Statistics, Vienna, Austria
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  • Susana Afonso de Carvalho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente, Hospital de St. António dos Capuchos, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, E. P. E., Lisboa, Portugal
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  • Anette Hoechtl, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology and General Intensive Care, University Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • on behalf of the SAPS 3 Investigators

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☆ Authors' contribution and competing interests. Rui Moreno and Philipp Metnitz actively organized and chaired the SAPS 3 project (see electronic supplementary material for a complete list of participants in the project) and actively participated in all steps of data collection, analysis, and model development. Barbara Metnitz and Peter Bauer were responsible for data management and statistical analysis of the SAPS 3 project. Manuscript preparation was done by Rui Moreno, Philipp Metnitz, and Barbara Metnitz.

PII: S0883-9441(07)00188-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.11.004

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 339-348 , September 2008

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