ICU mechanical ventilators, technological advances vs. user friendliness: The right picture is worth a thousand numbers

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1662-1663

  Richard, Jean Christophe Marie ^a   Kacmarek, Robert M ^b  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; VENTILATOR;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 72449138559     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1581-6     Document Type: Editorial

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