Quality assurance in an adult intensive care unit, Eastern region, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-411

  Iqbal, Mobeen ^a   Rehmani, Rifat ^a   Venter, Joan ^a   Alaithan, Abdulsalam M ^a  

^a King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APACHE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247215699     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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