October 18, 1991Science

Short-Rerm Mortality Predictions for Critically Ill Hospitalized Adults: Science and Ethics

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Population

Critically ill hospitalized adults

Design

Review

Authors

Discussion

May guide ethical ICU decisions on life-sustaining therapies; leaves open prospective validation before routine adoption.

Population

Critically ill hospitalized adults

Intervention

Objective probability estimates for mortality prediction

Outcome

Short-term mortality and patient outcome

Objective mortality prediction models in the ICU can aid in ethical decision-making regarding life-sustaining therapies.

Knaus et al. (1991) studied this question.

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