Implementation and evaluation of a nurse-centered computerized potassium regulation protocol in the intensive care unit - A before and after analysis

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hoekstra, Miriam ^a   Vogelzang, Mathijs ^a   Drost, José T ^a   Janse, Marcel ^a   Loef, Bert G ^a   Van Der Horst, Iwan Cc ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^a   Nijsten, Maarten Wn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POTASSIUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77449083051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-5     Document Type: Article

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