Association between ICU admission during morning rounds and mortality

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1489-1495

  Afessa, Bekele ^a   Gajic, Ognjen ^a   Morales, Ian J ^a   Keegan, Mark T ^a   Peters, Steve G ^a   Hubmayr, Rolf D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APACHE; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73149119793     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0529     Document Type: Article

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