Do specialist transport personnel improve hospital outcome in critically ill patients transferred to higher centers? A systematic review

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-17

  Belway, Dean ^a,b   Henderson, William ^a,b   Keenan, Sean P ^a,b   Levy, Adrian R ^a,b   Dodek, PeterM ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Higher centers; Transport personnel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECIALISM;

EID: 33646003282     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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