Epidemiology of in-hospital mortality in acute patients admitted to a tertiary-level hospital

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 457-464

  Le Guen, M ^a   Tobin, A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life care; Epidemiology; In hospital mortality; Medical emergency team; Rapid response team

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VASCULAR DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TERMINAL CARE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84962852724     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.13019     Document Type: Article

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