Mortality rate is higher in Polish intensive care units than in other European countries

Affiliations

¹ Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Akademiska Hospital, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden. wojciech.weigl@gmail.com.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Satakunta District Hospital, 28500, Pori, Finland.
³ National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Centre for Monitoring and Analyses of Population Health Status, 24 Chocimska str., 00-791, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Second Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Central Teaching Hospital, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland.
⁵ Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Akademiska Hospital, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁶ Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cellbiology, Uppsala University, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden.

Review

Wojciech Weigl et al. Intensive Care Med. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;43(9):1430-1432.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4804-2. Epub 2017 May 8.

¹ Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Akademiska Hospital, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden. wojciech.weigl@gmail.com.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Satakunta District Hospital, 28500, Pori, Finland.
³ National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Centre for Monitoring and Analyses of Population Health Status, 24 Chocimska str., 00-791, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Second Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Central Teaching Hospital, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland.
⁵ Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Akademiska Hospital, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁶ Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cellbiology, Uppsala University, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden.

No abstract available

Keywords: Coronary Care Unit; Critical Care Service; Electronic Supplementary Material; General ICUs; Palliative Care.

Comment in

Mortality rate in Polish intensive care units is lower than predicted according to the APACHE II scoring system.
Knapik P, Krzych ŁJ, Weigl W, Adamski J, Hultstöm M. Knapik P, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2017 Nov;43(11):1745-1746. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4883-0. Epub 2017 Jul 21. Intensive Care Med. 2017. PMID: 28733717 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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