The importance of differentiating between elective and emergency postoperative critical care patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-316

  Weissman, Charles ^a   Klein, Nava ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elective surgery; Emergency surgery; Postoperative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 49749106619     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.10.039     Document Type: Article

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