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Do most of the patients in an icu die?

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No: Some icus have sicker patients (higher acuity) than others, but even in these high acuity icus, the large majority of patients survive to make it out of the hospital. {of course, somebody out there will respond with the flippant observation that no ICU patients survive, since everyone eventually dies.}.

Dr Villaplana and another doctor agreed

Answered 6/10/2014

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