Open AccessEpidemiological trends of surgical admissions to the intensive care unit in the United States
Author(s) -
Victor Vakayil,
Nicholas E. Ingraham,
Alexandria J. Robbins,
Rebecca Freese,
Elise F. Northrop,
Melissa E. Brunsvold,
Kathryn M. Pendleton,
Anthony Charles,
Jeffrey G. Chipman,
Christopher J. Tignanelli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000002768
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , epidemiology , intensive care unit , orthopedic surgery , health care , mortality rate , intensive care , cohort , concomitant , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , acute care , intensive care medicine , surgery , economics , economic growth
Epidemiologic assessment of surgical admissions into intensive care units (ICUs) provides a framework to evaluate health care system efficiency and project future health care needs.