Readmission to a surgical intensive care unit: Incidence, outcome and risk factors

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kaben, Axel ^a   Corrêa, Fabiano ^a   Reinhart, Konrad ^a   Settmacher, Utz ^a   Gummert, Jan ^a   Kalff, Rolf ^a   Sakr, Yasser ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; APACHE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GERMANY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54549118239     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7023     Document Type: Article

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