Association between timing of intensive care unit admission and outcomes for emergency department patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2867-2874

  Renaud, Bertrand ^a   Santin, Aline ^a   Coma, Eva ^b   Camus, Nicolas ^c   Van Pelt, Dave ^d   Hayon, Jan ^a,e   Gurgui, Merce ^f   Roupie, Eric ^g,h   Hervé, Jérôme ^a,e   Fine, Michael J ^i,j   Brun Buisson, Christian ^a,c   Labarère, José ^k  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

^c FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^d Medical Center of Aurora   (United States)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^f HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^g CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

Community acquired infection; Emergency department; Intensive care; Pneumonia; Severity of illness index; Time to admission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

EID: 73449089736     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b02dbb     Document Type: Article

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