More interventions do not necessarily improve outcome in critically ill patients
Intensive Care MedicinePublished 26 February 2004
Philipp Metnitz, Ana Reiter, Barbara Jordan, Thomas Lang�
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The results provide strong evidence that this association between structures, treatments and outcomes in a large cohort of critically ill patients was responsible in part for the increased risk-adjusted mortality in group C patients.
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Several invasive interventions were independently associated with increased mortality. Our results provide strong evidence that this association was responsible in part for the increased risk-adjusted mortality in group C patients.
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