Golden hours wasted: The human cost of intensive care unit and emergency department inefficiency

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1614-1615

  Gregory, Christopher J ^a   Marcin, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Emergency medicine; Health resources utilization; Health services research; Hospital bed capacity

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 34249302434     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000266826.34532.FD     Document Type: Editorial

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