Effects of intensivist coverage in a post-anaesthesia care unit on surgical patients' case mix and characteristics of the intensive care unit

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kastrup, Marc ^a   Seeling, Matthes ^a   Barthel, Stefan ^a   Bloch, Andy ^a   le Claire, Marie ^a   Spies, Claudia ^a   Scheller, Matthias ^a   Braun, Jan ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SURGICAL PATIENT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MALE; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865183933     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11428     Document Type: Article

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