Sentence examples for prognostic indexes from inspiring English sources
And after struggling for several years with determining their own patients' prognoses, a group of physicians at the University of California in San Francisco set out to collect and study all the research that had been done on so-called prognostic indexes, tools that help with determining general prognosis in older patients.
To study the characteristics and mortality in intoxicated patients admitted to the ICU, and prediction of mortality for usual prognostic indexes.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of serum sodium levels on admission and prognostic indexes to predict mortality of surgical critically ill patients.
Third, neither the temporal steps of the WhWd procedure (first discussion, consensus reached within the staff, agreement obtained from families and/or relatives, implementation of the measures agreed) nor the prognostic indexes used to select patients for limitations were recorded.
One potential explanation is that prognostic indexes based on several factors in combination may predict outcome with better accuracy in neuro-critical care than in other areas in medicine [41, 43 46].
At an individual level, available prognostic indexes are not accurate enough to make definite end-of-life decisions without foretelling a destiny that would become self-fulfilling ("self-fulfilling prophecy") [5, 11, 12].
Also, it was reported that TLG is a superior prognostic index to SUVmax and MTV [27].
A new prognostic index, the Follicular Lymphoma International Pronostic Index (FLIPI), has been recently reported.
The International Prognostic Index for aggressive lymphomas is not optimal for follicular lymphomas.
Walter et al developed and validated a mortality prognostic index in older adults after hospitalization.
