Facilitating knowledge transfer with single-center trials

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3120-3123

  Levy, Mitchell M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Early goal direced therapy; Knowledge transfer; Randomized control trials; Single center trials

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEPSIS; STANDARDIZATION; WEANING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 73349097570     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bdd9ae     Document Type: Review

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