Visits to intensive care unit patients – Frequency, duration and impact on outcome

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-26

  Eriksson, Thomas ^a,b   Bergbom, Ingegerd ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical care; ICU visiting; LoS hospital; LoS ICU; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APACHE; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SWEDEN; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 38449095569     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2006.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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