2014
Structure, Process, and Annual ICU Mortality Across 69 Centers
Checkley W, Martin GS, Brown SM, Chang SY, Dabbagh O, Fremont RD, Girard TD, Rice TW, Howell MD, Johnson SB, O’Brien J, Park PK, Pastores SM, Patil NT, Pietropaoli AP, Putman M, Rotello L, Siner J, Sajid S, Murphy DJ, Sevransky JE. Structure, Process, and Annual ICU Mortality Across 69 Centers. Critical Care Medicine 2014, 42: 344-356. PMID: 24145833, PMCID: PMC4035482, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3182a275d7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic Health Evaluation IIICU mortalityProcess of careAcute PhysiologyUse of protocolsClinical outcomesNurse ratioEvaluation IICare reviewChronic Health Evaluation II scoreUnited States Critical IllnessAverage Acute PhysiologyHospital-level variationMultivariable linear regressionHouse intensivistICU statusIntensivist staffingMixed ICUII scoreCritical illnessMedical ICUSurgical ICUICU patientsIllness severityIntensivist coverage
2009
ELEVATED SERUM ANGIOPOIETIN 2 LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED MORTALITY IN SEPSIS
Siner JM, Bhandari V, Engle KM, Elias JA, Siegel MD. ELEVATED SERUM ANGIOPOIETIN 2 LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED MORTALITY IN SEPSIS. Shock 2009, 31: 348-353. PMID: 18791490, DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e318188bd06.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAng-2 levelsIntensive care unitAng-2Tertiary care medical intensive care unitProspective observational cohort studySerum Ang-2 levelsSerum angiopoietin-2 levelsMedical intensive care unitSerum Ang-2Observational cohort studyAngiopoietin-2 levelsIL-6 levelsHospital mortalityHuman sepsisICU admissionSevere sepsisCohort studyEndothelial dysfunctionHospital dischargeICU patientsIllness scoresSeptic shockCare unitIL-6Increased Mortality