Excess mortality in winter in Finnish intensive care

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 706-711

  Reinikainen, M ^a,b   Uusaro, A ^b   Ruokonen, E ^b   Niskanen, M ^c  

^a Savonlinna Central Hospital   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intensive care; July; Outcome; Seasons; TISS; Winter

Indexed keywords

AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; APACHE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750120306     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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