Surviving Intensive Care (Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine)
Contributors: Derek C. Angus (Editor); Jean Carlet (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9783540438113
Subjects: Intensive Care Medicine; Outcome assessment (Medical care); Intensive Care; Emergency Medicine; Medical / Nursing; Outcome assessment (Medical ca; Medical; Critical Care; Medical / Critical Care; economic costs; functional status; morbidity; mortality; neurocognitive defects; quality of care; quality of life; survival; Treatment Outcome; Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical Services; Critical Illness; Critical care medicine
First sentence: Mortality for patients admitted to the ICU is high compared to that for patients cared for in non-critical care units.