Performance of Charlson and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index to Predict in-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Stroke in Sumadija and Western Serbia

Performance of Charlson and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index to Predict in-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Stroke in Sumadija and Western Serbia

Background: Comorbidities are major predictors of in-hospital mortality in stroke patients. The Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) and the Elikhauser comorbidity index (ECI) are scoring systems for classifying comorbidities. We aimed to compare the performance of the CCI and ECI to predict in-hospita...

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Main Authors: Biljana Bajic, Igor Galic, Natasa Mihailovic, Svetlana Ristic, Svetlana Radevic, Violeta Iric Cupic, Sanja Kocic, Aleksandra Arnaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021-04-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Stroke
In-hospital mortality
Charlson comorbidity index
Elixhauser comorbidity index
Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/24348

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