New ways to reduce unnecessary variation and improve outcomes in the intensive care unit

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 304-311

  Holcomb, Barry W ^a   Wheeler, Arthur P ^a   Ely, E Wesley ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SEDATION; STANDARDIZATION; VENTILATOR;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0034829366     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200108000-00015     Document Type: Review

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