Landmark survival as an end-point for trials in critically ill patients - Comparison of alternative durations of follow-up: An exploratory analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Taori, Gopal ^a   Ho, Kwok M ^b,c   George, Carol ^d   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a,e   Webb, Steven A R ^b,c   Hart, Graeme K ^a   Bailey, Michael J ^e  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ANZICS CORE Group   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

APACHE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 69249206728     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7988     Document Type: Article

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