American College of Surgeons Guidelines Program: A Process for Using Existing Guidelines to Generate Best Practice Recommendations for Central Venous Access

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 676-682

  Freel, Andrew C ^a,b   Shiloach, Mira ^a   Weigelt, John A ^a,d   Beilman, Gregory J ^e   Mayberry, John C ^f   Nirula, Raminder ^g   Stafford, Renae E ^h   Tominaga, Gail T ⁱ   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,c  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS GUIDELINES PROGRAM; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

BENCHMARKING; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049122127     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.06.340     Document Type: Article

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