Assessment of the worldwide burden of critical illness: The Intensive Care Over Nations (ICON) audit

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 380-386

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Booth, M ^k   Downie, P ^k   Watters, M ^k   Brett, S ^k   Garfield, M ^k   Everett, L ^k   Heenen, S ^k   Dhir, S ^k   Beardow, Z ^k   Mostert, M ^k   Brosnan, S ^k   Pinto, N ^k   Harris, S ^k   Summors, A ^k   Andrew, N ^k   Rose, A ^k   Appelboam, R ^k   Davies, O ^k   Vickers, E ^k   Agarwal, B ^k   Szakmany, T ^k   Wimbush, S ^k   Williams, K ^k   Pearse, R ^k   Hollands, R ^k   Kirk Bayley, J ^k   Fletcher, N ^k   Bray, B ^k   Brealey, D ^k   more..

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^h FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE EAST; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEPSIS;

EID: 84900318211     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70061-X     Document Type: Article

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