The Effect of Multidisciplinary Care Teams on Intensive Care Unit Mortality

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Authors

Michelle M. Kim · University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

Daily rounds by a multidisciplinary team are associated with lower mortality among medical ICU patients. The survival benefit of intensivist physician staffing is in part explained by the presence of multidisciplinary teams in high-intensity physician-staffed ICUs.

Topics & Keywords

Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Internal Medicine

Volume 170, Issue 4, pp. 369-369

DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.521

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