Impact of intensivists on outcome of critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2363-2364

  Gore, Dennis C ^a   Prough, Donald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APACHE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 8544237010     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000145954.23217.B9     Document Type: Editorial

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