The outcome of critically ill indigenous patients

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 496-499

  Ho, Kwok Ming ^a,b,c   Finn, Judith ^b   Dobb, Geoffrey J ^a,c   Webb, Steven A R ^a,c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 33646711030     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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