Nighttime cross-coverage is associated with decreased intensive care unit mortality a single-center study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1395-1401

  Amaral, Andre Carlos Kajdacsy Balla ^a,b   Barros, Bernardo S ^a   Barros, Camilla C P P ^a   Innes, Cameron ^a,c   Pinto, Ruxandra ^a   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Handoffs; Trainees quality

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84901772222     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201312-2181OC     Document Type: Article

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