Nurse-initiated extubation following cardiac surgery

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-79

  Davies, Nigel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0031114960     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-3397(97)80152-8     Document Type: Article

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