Epidemiology of critically ill patients in intensive care units: A population-based observational study

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Garland, Allan ^a   Olafson, Kendiss ^a   Ramsey, Clare D ^a   Yogendran, Marina ^a   Fransoo, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIDIVISM; RESIDENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84884687431     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13026     Document Type: Article

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