Critical care bed capacity during the flu pandemic: Implications for anaesthetic and critical care departments

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 933-934

  Handy, J M ^a,b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CRITICAL CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 68149100428     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06069.x     Document Type: Editorial

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