Analysis of the effect of conversion from open to closed surgical intensive care unit

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-171

  Ghorra, Salim ^a   Reinert, Steven E ^b   Cioffi, William ^a   Buczko, George ^a   Simms, H Hank ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033497425     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199902000-00001     Document Type: Article

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