Association of ICU size and annual case volume of renal replacement therapy patients with mortality

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1175-1182

  Vaara, S T ^a   Reinikainen, M ^b   Kaukonen, K M ^a   PettilA V ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE II;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866283088     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2012.02747.x     Document Type: Article

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