BIOM&S Seminar: by Joel Dubin "Some prediction problems in intensive care unit (ICU) studies"
SPEAKER: Joel Dubin
(Dept. of Stats and Actuarial Science and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo)
ABSTRACT:
A primary goal for ICU patients is treating them to achieve positive
patient outcomes (e.g., hospital discharge alive, improvement from
in-hospital ailments, extended survival). A major analytical issue is the
preponderance of information available at ICU entry (e.g., age, sex,
co-morbidities, prescriptions, vital signs), and longitudinally (e.g.,