Oxygen therapy in hospitalized patients: The impact of local guidelines

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Akbar, Fazal ^a,b   Campbell, Ian Allen ^a  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Llandough Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute oxygen therapy; Audit; Behaviour; Guidelines; Hypoxia; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NURSING STAFF; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 32344452226     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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