Comparing intensive care units by size or level

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 357-359

  de Lange, Dylan W ^a   Wunsch, Hannah ^b,c,d   Kesecioglu, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FEMALE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE;

EID: 84922261812     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3678-4     Document Type: Editorial

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