Predicting the Outcome of Intensive Care Unit Patients
重症监护病房患者结局的预测
Statisticians are being asked with increasing frequency to develop models for occurrences in medical environments. Until recently, only subjective models were available to predict mortality for patients in an intensive care unit (ICU). These models were based on variables and associated weights determined by panels of medical “experts.” This article shows how multiple logistic regression (MLR) can be used to develop an objective model for prediction of hospital mortality…