The future of critical care

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-313

  Amaral, Andre Carlos Kajdacsy Balla ^a   Rubenfeld, Gordon David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Informatics; Management; Quality; Rationing; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AGING; AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 68949192567     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32832e4550     Document Type: Review

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