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Intensive care discharge delay is associated with increased hospital length of stay: A multicentre prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Some patients experience a delayed discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) where the intended and actual discharge times do not coincide. The clinical implications of this remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and duration of delayed ICU discharge, identify the reaso...

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Autores principales: Tiruvoipati, Ravindranath, Botha, John, Fletcher, Jason, Gangopadhyay, Himangsu, Majumdar, Mainak, Vij, Sanjiv, Paul, Eldho, Pilcher, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5531506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28750010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181827