TY - JOUR AU - Vantomme, Karl AU - Siddiqui, Muhammad AU - Cossette, Marlee AU - Lyster, Kish PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/21 TI - Medical surveillance unit: patient characteristics, outcome, and quality of care in Saskatchewan, Canada JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 87 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Intermediate care units provide a high level of care to complex patients and are becoming increasingly popular in North America. Despite the growing popularity of Intermediate care units, very little is known about them. This study explored a typical Intermediate care unit, identifying patient characteristics including demographics, comorbidities, length of stay, as well as primary and secondary diagnosis and mortality. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-04951-4 DO - 10.1186/s13104-020-04951-4 ID - Vantomme2020 ER -