Innovations in technology for critical care medicine

Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 74-76

  Chapman, Martin ^a   Gattas, David ^b   Suntharalingam, Ganesh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Northwick Park/St Marks Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY; ULTRASOUND; VENTILATOR;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CRITICAL CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 1842478902     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc2843     Document Type: Note

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