Phenomenological issues related to the measurement, mechanisms and manipulation of complex biological systems

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 245-246

  An, Gary ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Intracranial pressure; Mathematical modeling; Multiple organ dysfunction; Physiologic variability

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EDITORIAL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 29744451770     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000191131.95141.52     Document Type: Editorial

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