Simple Prognostic Markers to Predict Mortality in Intensive Care Unit: Red Cell Distribution Width

Erdoğan A., ŞENOL K. , Erdem D., Üçkan E. M. , TEZ M.

Journal of critical and intensive care (Online), vol.12, pp.15-19, 2021 (Journal Indexed in ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.37678/dcybd.2020.2571
  • Title of Journal : Journal of critical and intensive care (Online)
  • Page Numbers: pp.15-19
  • Keywords: Red cell distribution width (RDW), intensive care unit (ICU), mortality scoring systems, accuracy, SCORE

Abstract

Background: We tried to examine association between the prognostic intensive care unit (ICU) scores and red cell distribution width (RDW) for prediction of mortality in a cohort of ICU patients at a single centre in Turkey.