The association between nighttime transfer from the intensive care unit and patient outcome

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2232-2237

  Hanane, Tarik ^a   Keegan, Mark T ^a   Seferian, Edward G ^a   Gajic, Ognjen ^a   Afessa, Bekele ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; Intensive care; Length of stay; Mortality; Night care; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NIGHT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

APACHE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 49949105836     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181809ca9     Document Type: Article

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