Duration of life-threatening antecedents prior to intensive care admission

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1629-1634

  Hillman, Ken M ^a,b   Bristow, Peter J ^a   Chey, Tien ^c   Daffurn, Kathy ^a   Jacques, Theresa ^d   Norman, Sandra L ^a   Bishop, Gillian F ^a   Simmons, Grant ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^d ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Illawarra Regional Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antecedents; Critical care; Intensive care units; Prevention; Severity of illness; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESUSCITATION; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036903933     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1496-y     Document Type: Article

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