Relationship between ICU bed availability, ICU readmission, and cardiac arrest in the general wards

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2037-2041

  Town, James A ^a   Churpek, Matthew M ^a   Yuen, Trevor C ^a   Huber, Michael T ^a   Kress, John P ^a   Edelson, Dana P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

in hospital cardiac arrest; intensive care unit; patient readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906790409     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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