Examining the occurrence of adverse events within 72 hours of discharge from the intensive care unit

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 486-493

  McLaughlin, N ^a   Leslie, G D ^a,b   Williams, Teresa A ^a,c   Dobb, G J ^a,d  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Critical Care Division   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Critically ill; ICU follow up; ICU liaison nurse; ICU readmissions; Intensive care unit; Medical emergency teams; Outreach teams

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OXYGEN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUSTRALIA; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECUBITUS; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATURIA; HEMIHEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAMINECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; LAVAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NURSING CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OLIGURIA; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME; TRACHEOSTOMY; WARD; WOUND CARE;

EID: 34548219985     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500404     Document Type: Article

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