Characteristics and outcome for admissions to adult, general critical care units with acute severe asthma: a secondary analysis of the ICNARC Case Mix Programme Database

作者: Dheeraj Gupta , Brian Keogh , Kian Chung , Jon G Ayres , David A Harrison

DOI: 10.1186/CC2835

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摘要: Introduction This report describes the case mix, outcome and activity (duration of intensive care unit [ICU] hospital stay, inter-hospital transfer, readmissions to ICU) for admissions ICUs acute severe asthma, investigates effect mix factors on outcome.

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