Capacity in Danish intensive care units. A national survey of capacity, cancellations and transfers of critically-ill patients;Kapaciteten på danske intensivafdelinger. En national survey af kapacitet, aflysninger og overflytninger af kritisk syge patienter

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 712-716

  Lippert, Anne ^a   Espersen, Kurt ^a   Antonsen, Kristian ^a   Joensen, Henning ^a   Waldau, Tina E ^a   Larsen, Kim Michael ^a  

^a Dansk Selskab for Intensiv Terapi ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BED OCCUPANCY; DENMARK; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 33847093519     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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