Recommendations for the intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Fanara, Benoît ^a   Manzon, Cyril ^a   Barbot, Olivier ^a   Desmettre, Thibaut ^a   Capellier, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CRITICAL ILLNESS; LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

CHECKLIST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952086521     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9018     Document Type: Article

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