Critical care medicine training and certification for emergency physicians

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2104-2109

  Huang, David T ^a,b   Osborn, Tiffany M ^d   Gunnerson, Kyle J ^e   Gunn, Scott R ^b   Trzeciak, Stephen ^f   Kimball, Edward ^g   Fink, Mitchell P ^b,c   Angus, Derek C ^a,b   Dellinger, R Phillip ^f   Rivers, Emanuel P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Critical care medicine; Emergency medicine; Fellowship; Intensive care; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 24044552678     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000173412.43562.B3     Document Type: Review

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