Unplanned discharges from a surgical intensive care unit: Readmissions and mortality

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-381

  Utzolino, Stefan ^a   Kaffarnik, Magnus ^a   Keck, Tobias ^a   Berlet, Meike ^a   Hopt, Ulrich Theodor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical care; Hospital mortality; Patient readmission; Perioperative care; Surgical intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL WARD;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84755160899     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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