Critical care and the global burden of critical illness in adults

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9749, 2010, Pages 1339-1346

  Adhikari, Neill K J ^a   Fowler, Robert A ^a   Bhagwanjee, Satish ^b   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; PATIENT CARE; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; ADULT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; MEDICINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77958108729     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60446-1     Document Type: Review

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