Chest radiography practice in critically ill patients: A postal survey in the Netherlands

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Graat, Marleen E ^a   Hendrikse, Karin A ^b   Spronk, Peter E ^a,b,c   Korevaar, Johanna C ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a   Schultz, Marcus J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG VENTILATION; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33748149112     PISSN: 14712342     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-6-8     Document Type: Article

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