Adverse outcomes associated with delayed intensive care unit transfers in an integrated healthcare system

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-230

  Liu, Vincent ^a   Kipnis, Patricia ^b,c   Rizk, Norman W ^a   Escobar, Gabriel J ^b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STROKE; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857799166     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.964     Document Type: Article

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