Nighttime intensivist staffing and the timing of death among ICU decedents: A retrospective cohort study

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Reineck, Lora A ^a   Wallace, David J ^a   Barnato, Amber E ^a,b,c   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884883928     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13033     Document Type: Article

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