The role of the respiratory therapist in the intensive care unit

Respiratory Care

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-126

  Hess, Dean R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST CONTROL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RESPIRATORY CARE;

EID: 0031030831     PISSN: 00989142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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