Effect of Patient Sex on Intensive Care Unit Survival

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-65

  Romo, Hugo ^a   Kajdacsy Balla Amaral, André Carlos ^a   Vincent, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BELGIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0347319212     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.1.61     Document Type: Article

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