Off hour admission to an intensivist-led ICU is not associated with increased mortality

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Meynaar, Iwan A ^a   van der Spoel, Johan L ^b   Rommes, Johannes H ^c   van Spreuwel Verheijen, Margot ^a   Bosman, Rob J ^b   Spronk, Peter E ^c,d  

^a REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649408974     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7904     Document Type: Article

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