Different Harm and Mortality in Critically Ill Medical vs Surgical Patients: Retrospective Analysis of Variation in Adverse Events in Different Intensive Care Units.

CONCLUSION: Most harm in surgically critically ill patients is procedure related. Preliminary data show that harm is associated with death, yet both surgical and African American patients experience more harm with a lower mortality rate. PMID: 30285920 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Permanente journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Perm J Source Type: research