Intensive care unit renal support therapy volume is not associated with patient outcome

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2470-2477

  Nguyen, Yên Lan ^a,b,c   Milbrandt, Eric B ^a,b   Weissfeld, Lisa A ^a,b,f   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b,f   Chiche, Jean Daniel ^d   Aegerter, Philippe ^g   Clermont, Gilles ^a,b   Kellum, John A ^a,b   Guidet, Bertrand ^e,h,i   Angus, Derek C ^a,b,f  

^a and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^h INSERM   (France)

ⁱ SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

critical illness; intensive care; outcome assessment; renal replacement therapy; unit volume; volume outcome relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054884344     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182257631     Document Type: Article

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