Prognostic Scoring Systems for Infectious Diseases: Their Applicability to the Care of Older Adults
High K, Juthani-Mehta M, Quagliarello V. Prognostic Scoring Systems for Infectious Diseases: Their Applicability to the Care of Older Adults. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004, 38: 692-696. PMID: 14986254, DOI: 10.1086/381688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCommunicable DiseasesForecastingHealth Services for the AgedHumansPrognosisQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSystems AnalysisConceptsPrognostic scoring systemOlder adultsScoring systemAdult populationInfectious diseasesPrimary end pointNumber of patientsGeneral adult populationHealth care needsHealth care costsHeterogeneous adult populationClinical outcomesBloodstream infectionsIndividual patientsCare needsCare costsRelevant outcomesEnd pointClinical predictionDiseasePatientsAdultsFurther investigationCareOutcomes