Long-term outcome of long stay ICU and HDU patients in a New Zealand hospital

Critical Care and Shock

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Carden, Geoffrey Paul ^a,b   Graham, Jonathan Wayne ^a   McLennan, Stuart ^a   Celi, Leo Anthony ^a  

^a Otago District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; APACHE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42349113439     PISSN: 14107767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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