Patterns of admitted cases to Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Zagazig University Hospitals, Egypt

Background: It is well accepted that early appropriate referral of patients to an ICU can significantly reduce early and possibly late mortality in the critically ill. At the same time improper selection of patients for ICU, often limits bed availability in ICUs. This in turn, adversely affects the...

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Main Authors: Adel Hassan A. Ghoneim, Rabie M. Hussein, Reda El-Ghamry, Lamiaa Y. Mahmoud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813001957