1. Novel models for the prediction of mortality after traumatic brain injury requiring intensive care
- Author
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Jonathan A. Hyam, Catherine A Welch, David K. Menon, and David A Harrison
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Traumatic brain injury ,Head injury ,Psychological intervention ,Objective data ,Audit ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Risk prediction models ,Major head injury ,Intensive care ,Emergency medicine ,Poster Presentation ,medicine ,business ,Intensive care medicine - Abstract
Major head injury is a common reason for admission to the ICU. Knowledge of factors that predict mortality provides clues to the pathophysiology of head injury, how clinicians' interventions can be most effective, allows audit between different units or time points and provides objective data with which to communicate with patients' relatives. Several established risk prediction models exist in the ICU; however, they have been shown to have suboptimal discrimination and calibration in this patient group [1]. Our aim was therefore to develop a novel model to predict mortality specifically for head injury.
- Published
- 2008