Risk factors for unplanned transfer to intensive care within 24 hours of admission from the emergency department in an integrated healthcare system

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Delgado, M Kit ^a   Liu, Vincent ^b   Pines, Jesse M ^c   Kipnis, Patricia ^b,d   Gardner, Marla N ^b   Escobar, Gabriel J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY POINT SCORE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871949173     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1979     Document Type: Article

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