Is the Severity of Illness a Confounder or Mediator for the Association Between Emergency Department Length of Stay and Hospital Mortality?

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¹ Department of Respiratory, Affiliated Dongyang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dongyang, Zhejiang, People's Republic China Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Dongyang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dongyang, Zhejiang, China.

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Qiaoying Ji et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;48(3):e253-e254.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004108.

¹ Department of Respiratory, Affiliated Dongyang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dongyang, Zhejiang, People's Republic China Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Dongyang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dongyang, Zhejiang, China.

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Rietdijk WJR, Groenland CNL, Termorshuizen F, de Keizer NF, den Uil CA. Rietdijk WJR, et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Mar;48(3):e254. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004187. Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32058396 No abstract available.

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