Criteria for patient admissiwwon in the intensive care unit and mortality rate;Critérios para admissão de pacientes na unidade de terapia intensiva e mortalidade

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 528-534

  Caldeira, Vanessa Maria Horta ^a   Silva Jr , João Manoel ^a   de Oliveira, Amanda Maria Ribas Rosa ^a   Rezende, Seyna ^a   de Araújo, Leonardo Atem Golçalves ^a   Santana, Marcus Ribeiro de Oliveira ^a   Amendola, Cristina Prata ^a   Rezende, Ederlon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Mortality; Patient admission; Patient selection; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; TRIAGE;

EID: 78650562755     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000500012     Document Type: Article

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