Light and the outcome of the critically ill: An observational cohort study

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Castro, Ricardo A ^a,b   Angus, Derek C ^a   Hong, Seo Y ^a   Lee, Chingwen ^a   Weissfeld, Lisa A ^a   Clermont, Gilles ^a   Rosengart, Matthew R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; ILLUMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865284857     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11437     Document Type: Article

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