The ICU outreach team

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-106

  Scales, Damon C ^a   Abrahamson, Simon ^b   Brunet, Fabrice ^b   Fowler, Rob ^b   Costello, Judy ^b   Granton, John T ^b   McCarthy, Mary Kay ^b   Sibbald, William J ^b   Slutsky, Arthur S ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 0037635423     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcrc.2003.50001     Document Type: Article

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