Impact of Critical Care Physician Staffing on Patients With Septic Shock in a University Hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 23, 1988, Pages 3446-3450

  Reynolds, H Neal ^a,b   Haupt, Marilyn T ^a   Thill Baharozian, Mary C ^a   Carlson, Richard W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETERIZATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SHOCK;

CRITICAL CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0024264742     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410230064029     Document Type: Article

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