Are small hospitals with small intensive care units able to treat patients with severe sepsis?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 673-679

  Reinikainen, Matti ^a   Karlsson, Sari ^b   Varpula, Tero ^c   Parviainen, Ilkka ^d   Ruokonen, Esko ^d   Varpula, Marjut ^c   Ala Kokko, Tero ^e   Pettilä, Ville ^c  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

ICU; Intensive care; Mortality; Outcome; Sepsis; Size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951203771     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1688-9     Document Type: Article

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