Mortality rates under the care of junior and senior surgery residents in a surgical intensive care unit/neurologic intensive care unit: A 5-year retrospective cohort study at Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 550-555

  Lee, Ming Tsung ^a   Hu, Philip ^a   Hsi, Sheng Chuan ^a   Liu, Kuang Yi ^a   Chao, Hong Ming ^a   Chen, Yue Quen ^a  

^a TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Length of stay; Mortality rate; Surgery residency

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY AND CHRONIC HEALTH EVALUATION II; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56849107367     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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