Determinants and outcomes associated with decisions to deny or to delay intensive care unit admission in Morocco

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 830-837

  Louriz, Maha ^a   Abidi, Khalid ^a   Akkaoui, Mostafa ^a   Madani, Naoufel ^a   Chater, Kamal ^b   Belayachi, Jihane ^a   Dendane, Tarek ^a   Zeggwagh, Amine Ali ^a,c   Abouqal, Redouane ^a,c  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Admission; Bed capacity Mortality; ICU; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOROCCO; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862543970     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2517-0     Document Type: Article

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