"shift work" improves survival and reduces intensive care unit use in seriously injured patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-191

  Shen, Luke Y ^a   Helmer, Stephen D ^a,b   Huang, Jennifer ^a   Niyakorn, Gerayu ^a   Smith, R Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Christi Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIFT WORKER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KANSAS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33947505679     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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