The Riyadh Intensive Care Program applied to a mortality analysis of a teaching hospital intensive care unit
β Scribed by S. JACOBS; A. ARNOLD; P. A. CLYBURN; B. A. WILLIS
- Book ID
- 108624324
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 525 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Patients who experience intraβhospital transfers to a higher level of care (eg, ward to intensive care unit [ICU]) are known to have high mortality. However, these findings have been based on singleβcenter studies or studies that employ ICU admissions as the denominator.