Hospital mortality is associated with ICU admission time

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1765-1771

  Kuijsten, Hans A J M ^a   Brinkman, Sylvia ^b   Meynaar, Iwan A ^c   Spronk, Peter E ^b   Van Der Spoel, Johan I ^a   Bosman, Rob J ^d   De Keizer, Nicolette F ^b   Abu Hanna, Ameen ^b   De Lange, Dylan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Admission time; APACHE II; Hospital mortality; ICU; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77957600472     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1918-1     Document Type: Article

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