Outcome of long-stay intensive care patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 779-782

  Hughes, Martin ^a   MacKirdy, Fiona N ^b   Norrie, John ^c   Grant, Ian S ^d  

^a Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Length of stay; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035044583     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340100896     Document Type: Article

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