A nationwide survey of intensive care unit discharge practices
- 26 October 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 31 (12) , 1676-1682
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2831-x
Abstract
To describe intensive care unit (ICU) discharge practices, examine factors associated with physicians’ discharge decisions, and explore ICU and hospital characteristics and clinical determinants associated with the discharge process.Keywords
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