Quality assessment in German ICUs: First results of a cross sectional survey of the DIVI interdisciplinary working group for quality assessment on ICUs;Qualitätssicherung in deutschen Intensivstationen: Erste Ergebnisse einer prospektiven Querschnittsstudie der Interdisziplinären Arbeitsgemeinschaft Qualitätssicherung in der Intensivmedizin der DIVI

Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 608-616

  Stiletto, R J ^a   Schafer E ^a   Waydhas, Ch ^b   Baacke, M ^b   Baldering, H J ^b   Eichler, I ^b   Engers, G ^b   Gotzen L ^b   Hanisch, E ^b   Heining, S M ^b   Heinrichs, W ^b   Holzer, K ^b   Lefering, R ^b   Matthes, G ^b   Neugebauer, E ^b   Paschen, H ^b   Prange, H ^b   Prien, Th ^b   Ruppert, M ^b   Sack, S ^b   Sanft, C ^b   Scheingraber, S ^b   Wauer, H ^b   Weiler, T ^b   Von Wild, K ^b   more..

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001259693     PISSN: 01753851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003900070036     Document Type: Article

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