Unplanned early readmission to the intensive care unit: A case-control study of patient, intensive care and ward-related factors

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 723-731

  Makris, N ^a   Dulhunty, J M ^a,b   Paratz, J D ^a,b   Bandeshe, H ^a   Gowardman, J R ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care ward; Medical emergency team; Readmission; Respiratory disease; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; WARD; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUEENSLAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 77956640687     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800338     Document Type: Article

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