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Problems in care and avoidability of death after discharge from intensive care: a multi-centre retrospective case record review study

BACKGROUND: Over 138,000 patients are discharged to hospital wards from intensive care units (ICUs) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland annually. More than 8000 die before leaving hospital. In hospital-wide populations, 6.7–18% of deaths have some degree of avoidability. For patients discharged f...

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Autores principales: Vollam, Sarah, Gustafson, Owen, Young, J. Duncan, Attwood, Benjamin, Keating, Liza, Watkinson, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7789328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33407702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03420-5