Characteristics and outcomes of trauma patients with ICU lengths of stay 30 days and greater: A seven-year retrospective study

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ong, Adrian W ^a   Omert, Laurel A ^b   Vido, Diane ^a   Goodman, Brian M ^a   Protetch, Jack ^a   Rodriguez, Aurelio ^a   Jeremitsky, Elan ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Northfield Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77949907269     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8054     Document Type: Article

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