Outcome of severe head injured patients admitted to intensive care during weekday shifts compared to nights and weekends

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 390-396

  Lee, Kah Keow ^a   Ng, Ivan ^a   Ang, Beng Ti ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Admission; Intensive care; Nights; Severe head injury; Weekend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NIGHT WORK; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIFT WORKER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 45249098719     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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