Interhospital transport of haemodynamically unstable patients using intra-aortic balloon pumping

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 427-429

  Vanoverbeke, Hans ^a   De Somer, Filip ^a   Van Nooten, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Interhospital transport; Intra aortic balloon pump (IABP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0036920854     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.57.6.2005467     Document Type: Article

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