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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 4/2018

01-04-2018 | Editorial

Critical care research in Morocco and Tunisia

Authors: Khalid Abidi, Lamia Ouanes-Besbes

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2018

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Clinical research in the intensive care unit (ICU) has improved our understanding of how various diseases processes impact on patient outcomes [1]. Nevertheless, clinical and health services research in this field is hampered by the heterogeneity of case mix and clinical practice, with relatively small sample sizes [2]. However, there are a number of methods for ICU case mix adjustment and several large observational databases [2]. Large studies are therefore more likely to be published than studies with small samples [3]. However, multicenter research requires a high level of commitment that may be difficult to sustain unless research priorities have been agreed on by participants [2]. …
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Metadata
Title
Critical care research in Morocco and Tunisia
Authors
Khalid Abidi
Lamia Ouanes-Besbes
Publication date
01-04-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5099-7

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