Association Between Presence of a Cardiac Intensivist and Mortality in an Adult Cardiac Care Unit

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2637-2648

  Na, Soo Jin ^a   Chung, Chi Ryang ^a   Jeon, Kyeongman ^a   Park, Chi Min ^a   Suh, Gee Young ^a   Ahn, Joong Hyun ^a   Carriere, Keumhee C ^a,b   Song, Young Bin ^a   Choi, Jin Oh ^a   Hahn, Joo Yong ^a   Choi, Jin Ho ^a   Choi, Seung Hyuk ^a   On, Young Keun ^a   Gwon, Hyeon Cheol ^a   Jeon, Eun Seok ^a   Kim, Duk Kyung ^a   Yang, Jeong Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiac intensivist; intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; EPINEPHRINE; MILRINONE; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEATH; DRUG USE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVIST; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOUTH KOREA; TRACHEOSTOMY; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85003823216     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.09.947     Document Type: Article

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