Differences in critical care practice between an industrialized and a developing country

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 19-20, 2008, Pages 600-607

  Dünser, Martin W ^a   Bataar, Otgon ^b   Tsenddorj, Ganbat ^b   Lundeg, Ganbold ^b   Torgersen, Christian ^a   Romand, Jacques André ^c   Hasibeder, Walter R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Central State University Hospital   (Mongolia)

^c HUG   (Switzerland)

^d Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwesternu   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Intensive care medicine; Less developed countries; Mongolia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONGOLIA; MORTALITY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AUSTRIA; CRITICAL CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 58049160130     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-008-1064-8     Document Type: Article

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