Does patient volume affect clinical outcomes in adult intensive care units?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 741-751

  Kanhere, Mrudula H ^a,b,c   Kanhere, Harsh A ^b   Cameron, Alun ^d   Maddern, Guy J ^b,c  

^a LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d New Interventional Procedures Surgical (ASERNIP S)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Critical care; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Patient volume Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DATA EXTRACTION; HEART ARREST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862574405     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2519-y     Document Type: Review

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