Multidisciplinary care of the obese patient with chronic critical illness after surgery

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 643-657

  Nasraway, Stanley A ^a   Hudson Jinks, Therese M ^a   Kelleher, Ruth M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSING CARE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0036309711     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(02)00013-1     Document Type: Review

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