The traveling intensive care unit patient: Road trips

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 949-956

  Braxton, Carla C ^b   Reilly, Patrick M ^b   Schwab, C William ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034084360     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70107-9     Document Type: Article

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