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Do Faculty Intensivists Have Better Outcomes When Caring for Patients Directly in a Closed ICU versus Consulting in an Open ICU?

Dani HacknerPulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Division, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA;Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Chrisandra L. ShufeltDepartment of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA;Division of Cardiology, Women's Heart Center, Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
, MD, MS,
David D. BalfePulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Division, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
, MD,
Michael I. LewisPulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Division, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA;Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
, MD,
Ashraf ElsayeghPulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Division, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
, MD,
Glenn D. BraunsteinDepartment of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
, MD &
Zab MosenifarPulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Division, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA;Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
, MD show all
Pages 40-50 | Published online: 24 Jun 2015

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