Mortality among high-risk patients admitted with septic shock to U.S. teaching hospitals in July: Does the ‘July Effect’ exist?

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 110-113

  Saqib, Amina ^a   Ibrahim, Uroosa ^a   Patel, Parshva ^b   Joshi, Abhyudaya ^a   Chalhoub, Michel ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

July effect; Non teaching hospital; Sepsis mortality; Septic shock; Teaching hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013413974     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2017.01.010     Document Type: Article

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