Can clinicians predict ICU length of stay following cardiac surgery?

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 789-794

  Tu, Jack V ^b   Mazer, C David ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: Cardiovascular, cardiac; Health care: Resource utilization; Intensive care: Length of stay, severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029780380     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03013030     Document Type: Article

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