The use of a portable head CT scanner in the intensive care unit

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-116

  Peace, Kaitlin ^a   Wilensky, Eileen Maloney ^a   Frangos, Suzanne ^a   MacMurtrie, Eileen ^a   Shields, Elizabeth ^a   Hujcs, Marianne ^a   Levine, Joshua ^a   Kofke, Andrew ^a   Yang, Wei ^b   Roux, Peter D Le ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PENNSYLVANIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 77950932964     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e3181ce5c5b     Document Type: Article

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