More interventions do not necessarily improve outcome in critically ill patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1586-1593

  Metnitz, Philipp G H ^a   Reiter, Ana ^a   Jordan, Barbara ^b   Lang, Thomas ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Icu mortality; Intensive care unit; Level of care occupancy rate; Nursing workload; Severity of illness; Therapeutic intervention scoring system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 3943094334     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-2154-8     Document Type: Article

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