Intensive care utilization following major noncardiac surgical procedures in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1427-1435

  Jerath, Angela ^a,b,c,d   Laupacis, Andreas ^c,e   Austin, Peter C ^c   Wunsch, Hannah ^b,f   Wijeysundera, Duminda N ^a,b,c,e  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Epidemiology; Health services research; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FACILITIES AND SERVICES UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85050809263     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-018-5330-6     Document Type: Article

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