The use of capnography and the availability of airway equipment on intensive care units in the UK and the Republic of Ireland

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 462-467

  Georgiou, A P ^a   Gouldson, S ^b   Amphlett, A M ^c  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRELAND; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAPNOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; IRELAND; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950911248     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06308.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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