Mortality rate and length of stay of patients admitted to the intensive care unit in July

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1161-1165

  Finkielman, Javier D ^a   Morales, Ian J ^a   Peters, Steve G ^a   Keegan, Mark T ^a   Ensminger, S Allen ^c   Lymp, James F ^a   Afessa, Bekele ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Academic medical centers; Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; Hospital mortality; Intensive care units; Internship and residency; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APACHE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 2442442120     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000126151.56590.99     Document Type: Article

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