MRI in acutely Ill medical patients in an Irish hospital: Influence on outcomes and length of hospital stay

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 698-702

  Cournane, Seán ^a   Creagh, Donnacha ^a   O'Hare, Neil ^a   Sheehy, Niall ^a   Silke, Bernard ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

LOS; mortality; MRI; waiting times

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84903985485     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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