Portable computed tomography performed on the intensive care unit

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 491-495

  Teichgräber, Ulf K M ^a   Pinkernelle, Jens ^a   Jürgensen, Jan Steffen ^a   Ricke, Jens ^a   Kaisers, Udo ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Portable computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037350237     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1606-x     Document Type: Article

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