Intensivists' base specialty of training is associated with variations in mortality and practice patterns
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* Corresponding author: Adam D Peets apeets@providencehealth.bc.ca
1 Department of Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre - North Tower, 9th floor, 1403 - 29thSt NW, Calgary AB, T2N 2T9, Canada
2 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Rm EG 23, 1403 - 29thST NW, Calgary AB, T2N 2T9, Canada
3 Division of Critical Care Medicine, Rm 239 Comox Building, St Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard St, Vancouver BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada
Critical Care 2009, 13:R209 doi:10.1186/cc8227
See related commentary by Garland, http://ccforum.com/content/14/1/108 and related letter by Braun and Spies, http://ccforum.com/content/14/2/409
Published: 29 December 2009Additional files
Additional file 1:
Additional file 1 is available with the online version of this paper; it contains a total of 12 tables providing more detailed results of the analyses. Tables S1 and S2 list the variables associated with ICU mortality and their corresponding odds ratios for the entire cohort and subgroup, respectively; Tables S3 and S4 list the variables associated with ICU LOS and their corresponding odds ratios for the entire cohort and subgroup, respectively; Tables S5 and S6 list the variables associated with hospital mortality and their corresponding odds ratios for the entire cohort and subgroup, respectively; Tables S7 and S8 list the variables associated with hospital LOS and their corresponding odds ratios for the entire cohort and subgroup, respectively; Tables S9 and S10 list the variables associated with the likelihood of an invasive procedure being performed and their corresponding odds ratios for the entire cohort and subgroup, respectively; and Tables S11 and S12 list the variables associated with the likelihood of changing a patient's code status to DNR and their corresponding odds ratios for the entire cohort and subgroup, respectively.
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