Incidence in ICU populations: How to measure and report it?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 871-876

  Beyersmann, Jan ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^b   Schumacher, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Competing risks; Incidence proportion; Incidence rate

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL; CROSS INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84901431877     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3279-7     Document Type: Article

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