Can the experienced ICU physician predict ICU length of stay and outcome better than less experienced colleagues?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 655-659

  Vicente, Fábio Gusmão ^a   Lomar, Frederico Polito ^a   Mélot, Christian ^a   Vincent, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mortality; Organ failure; Predictive value; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONSIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1942500492     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-2139-7     Document Type: Article

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