Effect of laboratory testing guidelines on the utilization of tests and order entries in a surgical intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2993-2999

  Kumwilaisak, Kanya ^a,b   Noto, Alberto ^c   Schmidt, Ulrich H ^a   Beck, Clare I ^a   Crimi, Claudia ^a   Lewandrowski, Kent ^a,d   Bigatello, Luca M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Intensive care unit quality assurance; Intensive care unit resource utilization; Laboratory tests guidelines

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSENSUS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 56049098160     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818b3a9d     Document Type: Article

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