Changes in hospital mortality for United States intensive care unit admissions from 1988 to 2012

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Zimmerman, Jack E ^a   Kramer, Andrew A ^b   Knaus, William A ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NorthShore Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Intensive care unit; Patient discharge; Post acute care; Severity of illness; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SPINE INJURY; STOMACH VARICES BLEEDING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THORAX INJURY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UROSEPSIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRENDS;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876687222     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc12695     Document Type: Article

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