Effect of 24-hour mandatory vs on-demand critical care specialist presence on long-term survival and quality of life of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421.e1-421.e7

  Reriani, Martin ^a,b   Biehl, Michelle ^a,b   Sloan, Jeff A ^c   Malinchoc, Michael ^b,d   Gajic, Ognjen ^a,b  

^a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d Division of Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care staffing; Long term survival; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84864129023     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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