Guidelines for critical care services and personnel - Innovations and improvements in patient care?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2709-2710

  Graf, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Guidelines; Intensive care unit; Methodology; Process and organization

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRITICAL CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0344442300     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000094231.87768.0B     Document Type: Editorial

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