MeSH Review:
Length of Stay
Shorr,
Chung,
Jackson,
Waterman,
Kollef,
Roberts,
Barnes,
Lowe,
Pearson,
Diringer,
Edwards,
Mattson,
Akins,
Sheedy,
Hsu,
Dromerick,
Ward,
Patel,
Sutton,
Livingston,
Patel,
Hunley,
Hebeler,
Henry,
Hamman,
Wood,
Urschel,
Cardenas,
Hoffman,
Kirshblum,
McKinley,
Laskey,
Selzer,
Jacobs,
Cohen,
Holmes,
Wilensky,
Detre,
Williams,
Christenson,
Kalangos,
Nathens,
Neff,
Jurkovich,
Klotz,
Farver,
Ruzinski,
Radella,
Garcia,
Maier,
Tominaga,
Garcia,
Dzierba,
Wong,
Miller,
Masetti,
Cautero,
DiBenedetto,
Lauro,
Romano,
Quintini,
Siniscalchi,
Begliomini,
Pinna,
Fowler,
Vera-Llonch,
Oster,
Bristow,
Cohn,
Colucci,
Gilbert,
Lukas,
Lacey,
Richner,
Young,
Packer,
Marras,
Nopmaneejumruslers,
Chan,
Carmeli,
Eliopoulos,
Mozaffari,
Samore,
Sullivan,
Sun,
Walls,
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