ICU admissions after actual or planned hospital discharge: Incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes in patients with cancer

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1257-1262

  Chawla, Sanjay ^a   Pastores, Stephen M ^a   Hassan, Kashif ^a   Raoof, Nina D ^a   Voigt, Louis P ^a   Alicea, Margarita ^a   Halpern, Neil A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70449359612     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2909     Document Type: Article

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