Tracheostomy protocol compliance: Herding cats?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1959-1960

  Liu, Linda ^a   Gropper, Michael A ^a  

^a Lieberman: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Mechanical ventilation; Protocol; Quality improvement; Sedation; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; INTUBATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESUSCITATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 45149094474     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181761228     Document Type: Editorial

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