Determinants of Outcome in Patients Admitted to a Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Introduction: Outcome in intensive care may be categorized as mortality or morbidity related. Mortality is an insufficient measure of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) outcome when measured alone and length of stay may be seen as an indirect measure of morbidity related outcome. Length of stay may be seen a...

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Main Author: Abelha,Fernando (author)
Other Authors: Maia,Paula (author), Landeiro,Nuno (author), Neves,Aida (author), Barros,Henrique (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2007
Subjects:
intensive care
outcome
postoperative period
hospital mortality
length of stay
Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0871-34132007000400002
Country:Portugal
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