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Changes in hospital mortality for United States intensive care unit admissions from 1988 to 2012
Critical Care · 2013 · Vol. 17(2) · pp. R81–R81
Jack E. Zimmerman✉(George Washington University)Andrew A. Kramer(Cerner (United States))William A. Knaus(NorthShore University HealthSystem)
Abstract
Hospital mortality for patients admitted to US ICUs has decreased significantly over the past two decades despite an increase in the severity of illness. Decreases in mortality were diagnosis specific and appear attributable to improvements in the quality of care, but changes in discharge destination and other confounders may also be responsible.
Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentEmergency and Acute Care StudiesRespiratory Support and MechanismsMedicineMedical diagnosisEmergency medicineIntensive care unitMortality rateRetrospective cohort studyPediatricsIntensive care medicineInternal medicine
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FemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsMaleMiddle AgedPatient AdmissionRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesCohort StudiesHospital Mortality
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