Evaluation of the user-friendliness of 11 home mechanical ventilators

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1236-1243

  Gonzalez Bermejo, J ^a   Laplanche, V ^a   Husseini, F E ^b   Duguet, A ^a   Derenne, J P ^a,b   Similowski, Thomas ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Home care; International standardisation office; Mechanical ventilation; Ventilators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERROR; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY; TIME; TRAINING; VENTILATOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FRANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FRANCE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33750724419     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00078805     Document Type: Article

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