Early and late unplanned rehospitalizations for survivors of critical illness

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 430-438

  Hua, May ^a   Gong, Michelle Ng ^b   Brady, Joanne ^a,c   Wunsch, Hannah ^a,c,d,e  

^a Department of Anesthesiology Columbia University College of Physic and Surg ^*  (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Hospital readmission; Intensive care; Outcomes research; Patient readmission; Rehospitalizations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATED PATIENT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925336807     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000717     Document Type: Article

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