Characteristics of critically ill patients in ICUs in mainland China

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-92

  Du, Bin ^a   An, Youzhong ^b   Kang, Yan ^c   Yu, Xiangyou ^d   Zhao, Mingyan ^e   Ma, Xiaochun ^f   Ai, Yuhang ^g   Xu, Yuan ^h   Wang, Yushan ⁱ   Qian, Chuanyun ^j   Wu, Dawei ^k   Sun, Renhua ^l   Li, Shusheng ^m   Hu, Zhenjie ⁿ   Cao, Xiangyuan ^o   Zhou, Fachun ^p   Jiang, Li ^q   Lin, Jiandong ^r   Chen, Erzhen ^s   Qin, Tiehe ^t   He, Zhenyang ^u   Zhou, Lihua ^v   more..

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^m HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

ⁿ HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^q CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^r FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^s SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^t GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^u HAINAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^v INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

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Author keywords

acute kidney injury; adult; critical illness; diagnosis related groups; ICUs; respiratory distress syndrome; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHINA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOLID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872091800     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31826a4082     Document Type: Article

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