Effect of closed unit policy and appointing an intensivist in a developing country

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 299-306

  Topeli, Arzu ^a   Laghi, Franco ^b   Tobin, Martin J ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; Critical care; Developing country; Healthcare systems; Intensive care unit organization; Mechanical ventilation; Patient outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

APACHE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CRITICAL CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEPSIS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 13444253750     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000153414.41232.90     Document Type: Article

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