Pediatric intensive care: Result of a European survey

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1797-1803

  Nipshagen, Martine D ^a   Polderman, Kees H ^a   DeVictor, Dennis ^b   Gemke, Reinoud J B J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Management and staffing; NICU; Organisation; Paediatrics; PICU; Structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1842857532     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1532-y     Document Type: Article

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