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ArticleJournal of intensive care2019

ICU staffing models and patient outcomes.

Nobuaki Shime

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Article in Journal of intensive care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Nobuaki ShimeDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551 Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9113-6151

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study by Ogura et al. investigated the association between the structures of intensive care units (ICUs) affecting patient outcomes. A major limitation of this study is that the types of ICUs had not clearly been defined, and the provided definition had been made subjectively. Making an additional questionnaire or site-visits to completely define the types and to clarify the time-coverage is suggested. It would also be worthwhile to analyze whether the existence and density of "certified intensivists" and their involvement contribute to the outcome to determine whether physician quality affects critically ill patient care.

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ClosedIntensive care unitIntensivistStructure

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PMID31049202
PMCPMC6480608

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