Critically ill children in non-paediatric intensive care units: A survey, review and proposal for practice

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 961-967

  Austin, J D ^a,b,c  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Wagga Wagga Base Hospital   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centralisation; Intensive care; Paediatric intensive care; Protocols; Retrieval; Staffing; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 37049015798     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500618     Document Type: Review

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