Respiratory intermediate care units: A European survey

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1343-1350

  Corrado, A ^a   Roussos, C ^a   Ambrosino, N ^a   Confalonieri, M ^a   Cuvelier, A ^a   Elliott, M ^a   Ferrer, M ^a   Gorini, M ^a   Gurkan, O ^a   Muir, J F ^a   Quareni, L ^a   Robert, D ^a   Rodenstein, D ^a   Rossi, A ^a   Schoenhofer, B ^a   Simonds, A K ^a   Strom, K ^a   Torres, A ^a   Zakynthinos, S ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY CARE UNITS;

EID: 18744386663     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00058202     Document Type: Article

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