The effect of an intensive care unit staffing model on tidal volume in patients with acute lung injury

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Cooke, Colin R ^a   Watkins, Timothy R ^a   Kahn, Jeremy M ^b   Treggiari, Miriam M ^a   Caldwell, Ellen ^a   Hudson, Leonard D ^a   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TIDAL VOLUME; UNITED STATES; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIDAL VOLUME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 56549083532     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7105     Document Type: Article

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