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The attributable mortality and length of intensive care unit stay of clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients

Critical Care · 2001 · Vol. 5(6) · pp. 368–75

Deborah J Cook✉(McMaster University)Lauren E. Griffith(McMaster University)Stephen D. Walter(McMaster University)Gordon Guyatt(McMaster University)Maureen O. Meade(McMaster University)Daren K. Heyland(Queen's University)Ann Kirby(University of Calgary)M. Trybafor the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

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Abstract

Clinically important upper gastrointestinal bleeding has an important attributable morbidity and mortality, associated with a RR of death of 1-4 and an excess length of ICU stay of approximately 4-8 days.

Nosocomial Infections in ICU Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicineMechanical ventilationIntensive care unitBleedGastrointestinal bleedingCohortPopulationIntensive careAPACHE IIProportional hazards model

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AdultAge FactorsAgedFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRespiration, ArtificialRisk FactorsTime FactorsCohort Studies