Critical care and the global burden of critical illness in adults

Neill K. J. Adhikari; Robert Fowler; Satish Bhagwanjee; Gordon D. Rubenfeld

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60446-1

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MedicineIntensive care medicineIntensive care unitCritical illnessPopulationIntensive carePsychological interventionCritically illPopulation ageingPoliomyelitisMEDLINEEnvironmental healthNursingPediatrics

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Year: 2010
Type: review
Volume: 376
Issue: 9749
Pages: 1339-1346
Citations: 1313
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                                    Neill K. J. Adhikari, 
                                
                                    Robert Fowler, 
                                
                                    Satish Bhagwanjee
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Critical care and the global burden of critical illness in adults. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 376
                            (9749)
                            , 1339-1346.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60446-1
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60446-1