The contribution of underlying systemic rheumatic diseases to the mortality in patients admitted for intensive care: A matched cohort study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-226

  Ozbalkan, Zeynep ^a,b   Topeli Iskit, Arzu ^a   Kiraz, Sedat ^a   Ozturk, M Akif ^a   Ertenli, Ihsan ^a   Calguneri, Meral ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Mortality; Outcome; Rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TURKEY;

EID: 1842607202     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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