Outcomes after critical care admission in people with a learning disability
Ben Messer,
Emily Harrison,
Alison Carter
et al.
Abstract:Introduction: People with learning disabilities experience worse healthcare outcomes than the general population. There is evidence that they are more likely to experience avoidable mortality and less likely to receive critical care interventions during an acute illness. Decisions regarding critical care admission or intervention must be based on evidence of whether a patient will receive lasting benefit from a critical care admission. We therefore investigated outcomes from critical care admissions in people … Show more
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