Differences in hospital mortality among critically ill patients of Asian, Native Indian, and European descent

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Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1217-1222

  Khan, Nadia A ^a,b   Palepu, Anita ^a   Norena, Monica ^a   Ayas, Najib ^a   Wong, Hubert ^a   Chittock, Dean ^a   Hameed, Morad ^a   Dodek, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian; Ethnicity; ICU; Mortality; Native indian; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 57349117056     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1016     Document Type: Article

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