Impact of adverse events on outcomes in intensive care unit patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2041-2047

  Orgeas, Maite Garrouste ^a   Timsit, Jean Francois ^b,c   Soufir, Lilia ^a   Tafflet, Muriel ^d   Adrie, Christophe ^e   Philippart, Francois ^a   Zahar, Jean Ralph ^f   Clec'H, Christophe ^g   Goldran Toledano, Dany ^h   Jamali, Samir ⁱ   Dumenil, Anne Sylvie ^j   Azoulay, Elie ^k   Carlet, Jean ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^c INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

^d Department of Biostatistics ^*  (France)

^e DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^g AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h Gonesse Hospital   (France)

ⁱ Dourdan Hospital   (France)

^j HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^k SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

Adverse event; Evaluation study; Iatrogenic disease; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial infection; Quality indicators; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLISM; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47249140008     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31817b879c     Document Type: Article

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