Survival after prolonged length of stay in a trauma intensive care unit

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-150

  Trottier, Vincent ^a   McKenney, Mark G ^a,b,c   Beninati, Michael ^a   Manning, Ronald ^a   Schulman, Carl I ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Intensive care unit; Trauma; Length of stay; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CALCULATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33846236374     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000250496.99127.4a     Document Type: Review

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