Intensive Care Units - Utilization
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The epidemiology of hospitalized head injury in British Columbia, Canada.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: This descriptive study seeks to identify the incidence rates of head injuries in a large Canadian province, given incident cases for a ten year period. It describes cases in terms of age standardized rates, demographics, and health care ... Read more...

Effects of a palliative care intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer: the Project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial.

17 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: There are few randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of palliative care interventions to improve the care of patients with advanced cancer. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of a nursing-led intervention on quality of life, ... Read more...

Quality improvement program increases early tracheal extubation rate and decreases pulmonary complications and resource utilization after cardiac surgery.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Early tracheal extubation is a common goal after cardiac surgery and may improve postoperative outcomes. Our study evaluates the impact of a quality improvement program (QIP) on early extubation, pulmonary complications, and resource ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Intensive Care Units - Utilization'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The epidemiology of hospitalized head injury in British Columbia, Canada. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of a palliative care intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer: the Project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial. 17 Aug 2009
• Quality improvement program increases early tracheal extubation rate and decreases pulmonary complications and resource utilization after cardiac surgery. 29 Jun 2009
• Off hour admission to an intensivist-led ICU is not associated with increased mortality. 3 Jun 2009
• Effect of type of admission on short- and long-term outcome of nonagenarians admitted to an intensive care unit. 30 May 2009
• The effect of implementing high-intensity intensive care unit staffing model on outcome of critically ill oncology patients. 30 May 2009
• Oncoming tides in the Age(ing) of Aquarius. 13 May 2009
• Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis: patterns of care and predictors of mortality. 29 Apr 2009
• Sex differences in resource use after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a propensity score-matched cohort. 29 Apr 2009
• Intensive care unit occupancy and patient outcomes. 29 Apr 2009
• Intensive care unit occupancy: making room for more patients. 29 Apr 2009
• Very old patients admitted to intensive care in Australia and New Zealand: a multi-centre cohort analysis. 30 Mar 2009
• Costs and length of hospitalizations following kidney transplantation. 30 Mar 2009
• Methamphetamines in trauma: effect on injury patterns and outcome. 27 Feb 2009
• Comparative study of patients with and without sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in oral and oropharyngeal cancer: is SLNB an accurate and useful procedure? 30 Jan 2009
• Does the clinical consensus definition of ALI/ARDS continue to fit our needs? 30 Jan 2009
• Parainfluenza virus infection of young children: estimates of the population-based burden of hospitalization. 19 Jan 2009
• Continuity of care and intensive care unit use at the end of life. 10 Jan 2009
• The relationship between early emergency team calls and serious adverse events. 30 Dec 2008
• The prognostic importance of trauma scoring systems in pediatric patients. 12 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Intensive Care Units'

Definition: Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients.

Descriptor UI: D007362

Alternative terms: Intensive Care Units; Care Unit, Intensive; Care Units, Intensive; Intensive Care Unit; Unit, Intensive Care; Units, Intensive Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.388.493;

History Note: 66(63)