Resources and use of the intensive care unit in patients who undergo surgery for ovarian carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1457-1462

  Brooks, Sandra E ^a   Ahn, Jeonghoon ^b   Mullins, C Daniel ^c   Baquet, Claudia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^c School of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Length of stay (LOS); Ovarian carcinoma; Resources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036784445     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10872     Document Type: Article

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