Mortality among patients admitted to strained intensive care units

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 800-806

  Gabler, Nicole B ^a,b   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^a   Wagner, Jason ^b,c   Asch, David A ^a,d,e   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^f   Angus, Derek C ^b,g   Halpern, Scott D ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Fostering Improvement in End of Life Decision Science (FIELDS)   (United States)

^c Allergy   (United States)

^d Center for Innovation   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care unit; Physician staffing; Regionalization; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVEREXERTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886301267     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201304-0622OC     Document Type: Article

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