ICU admission after surgery: Who benefits?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 424-429

  Ghaffar, Sadia ^a   Pearse, Rupert M ^b   Gillies, Michael A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

high risk surgical patients; intensive care; risk assessment; surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES;

ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRIAGE;

EID: 85028677242     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000448     Document Type: Review

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