Adverse outcomes associated with delayed intensive care consultation in medical and surgical inpatients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 688-693

  Mardini, Louay ^a   Lipes, Jed ^b   Jayaraman, Dev ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delay; Intensive care; Mortality; Transfer; Ward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSULTATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870714215     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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