Practice guideline for arterial blood gas measurement in the intensive care unit decreases numbers and increases appropriateness of tests

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1308-1313

  Pilon, Chad S ^b   Leathley, Mary ^a   London, Rennie ^a   McLean, Shelley ^a   Phang, P Terry ^a   Priestley, Russ ^a   Rosenberg, Frances M ^a   Singer, Joel ^a   Anis, Aslam H ^a   Dodek, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood gas analysis; Cost minimization; Critical care medicine; Practice guideline; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; APACHE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COST SAVINGS; DECISION TREES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030750593     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199708000-00016     Document Type: Article

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