Patient Destination after Discharge from Intensive Care Units: Wards or Intermediate Care Units? Destino del paciente después de recibir el alta médica de la unidad de cuidados intensivos: ¿unidad de internación o intermedia? Destino do paciente após alta da unidade de terapia intensiva: unidade de internação ou intermediária?
This study characterizes patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of hospitals that have intermediate units (IU) regarding their demographic and clinical data and identifies factors related to discharge from these units. This prospective longitudinal study involved 600 adult patients hos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2010-04-01
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| Series: | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692010000200013 |