Intensive care medicine in Mongolia's 3 largest cities: Outlining the needs

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469.e1-469.e6

  Dünser, Martin W ^a   Bataar, Otgon ^b   Tsenddorj, Ganbat ^b   Lundeg, Ganbold ^b   Jochberger, Stefan ^a   Jakob, Stephan ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Central State University Hospital   (Mongolia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intensive care medicine; Less developed countries; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONGOLIA; NURSE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STAFF TRAINING; STROKE; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67949117334     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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