How decisions are made to admit patients to medical intensive care units (MICUs): A survey of MICU directors at academic medical centers across the United States

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 414-420

  Walter, Kristin L ^a   Siegler, Mark ^b   Hall, Jesse B ^c  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic medical centers; Critical care; Intensive care units; Medical ethics; Patient admission; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 38549161044     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000299738.26888.37     Document Type: Article

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