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Treatment on a high-dependency unit and subsequent outcome following intensive care admission

Author: M Parker

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2004

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The APACHE II-derived standardised mortality ratio (SMR) is widely used as a measure of quality of care. Treatment and resuscitation of a patient prior to intensive care unit (ICU) admission may reduce a patient's APACHE II score without necessarily reducing the risk of death. We investigated whether treatment on a high-dependency unit (HDU) immediately prior to admission to an ICU in a university teaching hospital influences (a) outcome in the HDU treatment group and (b) the overall SMR of an ICU. …

Title: Treatment on a high-dependency unit and subsequent outcome following intensive care admission
Author: M Parker
Publication date: 01-02-2004
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2790

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