No effect of time of day at presentation to the emergency department on the outcome of patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-38

  Asha, Stephen Edward ^a,b   Titmuss, Kathryn ^a   Black, Deborah ^c  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency service; Hospital; Intensive care unit; Length of stay; Mortality; Time factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TIME OF DAY; VENTILATOR;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; APACHE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551478914     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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