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An analysis of referrals to a level 3 intensive care unit in a resource-limited setting in South Africa

BACKGROUND: With a shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds and rising healthcare costs in resource-limited settings, clinicians need to appropriately triage admissions into ICU to avoid wasteful expenditure and unnecessary bed utilisation. OBJECTIVES: To assess the nature, appropriateness and out...

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Autores principales:	Jaganath, U V, de Vasconcellos, K, Skinner, D L, Gopalan, P D
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	South African Medical Association 2023
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399616/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37547767 http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2023.v39i2.867

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