Does admission during morning rounds increase the mortality of patients in the medical ICU?

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1179-1184

  Bisbal, Magali ^a,b   Pauly, Vanessa ^c,d   Gainnier, Marc ^a,b   Forel, Jean Marie ^e,f   Roch, Antoine ^e,f   Guervilly, Christophe ^e,f   Demory, Didier ^e,f   Arnal, Jean Michel ^e,f   Michel, Fabrice ^e,f   Papazian, Laurent ^e,f  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Hopitaux Sud AP HM   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING ROUND; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84868624320     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2680     Document Type: Article

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