Intensivist physician-to-patient ratios and mortality in the intensive care unit.
Jennifer R MarinJonathan G YabesLeigh A BukowskiBillie S DavisPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2023)
Mortality for ICU patients appears resistant to high intensivist caseloads. These results may not generalize to ICUs organized differently than those in this sample, such as ICUs outside the United States.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- ejection fraction
- primary care
- peritoneal dialysis
- intensive care unit
- risk factors
- case report
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- patient reported outcomes
- mechanical ventilation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome