Medical Intensive Care: Indications, Interventions, and Outcomes
- 24 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 302 (17) , 938-942
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198004243021703
Abstract
To evaluate current practices regarding intensive-care units (ICU's), we collected data on 2693 consecutive admissions to a medical ICU during a two-year period and studied indications for admission, specific interventions, costs, and outcomes.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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