An official American thoracic society systematic review: The effect of nighttime intensivist staffing on mortality and length of stay among intensive care unit patients

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 383-393

  Kerlin, Meeta Prasad ^a   Adhikari, Neill K J ^b   Rose, Louise ^b   Wilcox, M Elizabeth ^b   Bellamy, Cassandra J ^b   Costa, Deena Kelly ^b   Gershengorn, Hayley B ^b   Halpern, Scott D ^b   Kahn, Jeremy M ^b   Lane Fall, Meghan B ^b   Wallace, David J ^b   Weiss, Curtis H ^b   Wunsch, Hannah ^b   Cooke, Colin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Administration; Critical care; Intensive care unit; Organization; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC HOSPITAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NIGHT CARE; NIGHTTIME INTENSIVIST STAFFING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESIDENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014794784     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201611-2250ST     Document Type: Review

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