Intensive care outreach services

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 356-361

  Goldhill, D R ^a   McNarry, A ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Emergency treatment; Morbidity; Mortality; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD;

EID: 0036959479     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cacc.2003.0433     Document Type: Review

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