The Standardized Mortality Ratio and ICU Benchmarking: An Old Measure That Is Still Missing the Mark

Dante A Suffredini^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
² Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.

Editorial

Dante A Suffredini. Crit Care Med. 2024.

. 2024 Mar 1;52(3):498-501.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006109. Epub 2024 Feb 21.

Dante A Suffredini^{1

2}

¹ Department of Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
² Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Suffredini has disclosed that he does not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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