Incidence and predictors of readmission to the cardiac surgery intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort study in Greece

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-13

  Giakoumidakis, Konstantinos ^a   Eltheni, Rokeia ^a   Patelarou, Athina ^b   Patris, Vasileios ^c   Kuduvalli, Manoj ^c   Brokalaki, Hero ^d  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; intensive care units; patient readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84892754028     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.124412     Document Type: Article

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