Critical illness outcomes in specialty versus general intensive care units

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 676-683

  Lott, Jason P ^a   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b   Christie, Jason D ^a,c   Asch, David A ^a,d   Kramer, Andrew A ^e   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Division of Pulmonary   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Health services; Hospital mortality; Intensive care unit; Organization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249100173     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200808-1281OC     Document Type: Article

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