Utilization of intensive care unit resources in severe acute pancreatitis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-184

  Lilja, Heidi E ^a   Leppäniemi, Ari ^b   Kemppainen, Esko ^b  

^a Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Hospital mortality; Intensive care units; Pancreatitis, acute necrotizing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42949130587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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