Resource utilization and outcome in gravely ill intensive care unit patients with predicted in-hospital mortality rates of 95% or higher by APACHE III scores: The relationship with physician and family expectations

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-173

  Berge, Keith H ^a   Maiers, Deborah R ^a   Schreiner, David P ^a   Jewell, Stephen M ^a   Bechtle, Perry S ^b   Schroeder, Darrell R ^a   Stevens, Susanna R ^a   Lanier, William L ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGERY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 13244273396     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/80.2.166     Document Type: Article

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