The influence of volume and intensive care unit organization on hospital mortality in patients admitted with severe sepsis: A retrospective multicentre cohort study

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Peelen, Linda ^a   de Keizer, Nicolette F ^a   Peek, Niels ^a   Scheffer, Gert Jan ^b   van der Voort, Peter H J ^c   de Jonge, Evert ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; APACHE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 34247385789     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5727     Document Type: Article

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