Interventions to reduce mortality among patients treated in Intensive Care Units

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 158-164

  Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b   Rinke, Michael L ^a   Emery, Katherine ^a   Dennison, Cheryl ^c   Blackledge, Charles ^a   Berenholtz, Sean M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRITICAL CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644298460     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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