Nighttime intensivist staffing, mortality, and limits on life support: A retrospective cohort study

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Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 951-958

  Kerlin, Meeta Prasad ^a,b,c   Harhay, Michael O ^b,c   Kahn, Jeremy M ^d   Halpern, Scott D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NIGHT WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927144412     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0501     Document Type: Article

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