Intermediate respiratory intensive care units in Europe: A European perspective

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 798-802

  Nava, Stefano ^b,c   Confalonieri, Marco ^a   Rampulla, Ciro ^b  

^a Piacenza Hospital   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Respiratory Intensive Care Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031656827     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.9.798     Document Type: Review

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