Quality Improvement and Cardiac Critical Care

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1701-

  Lobdell, Kevin W ^a   Stiegel, Robert M ^a   Reames, Mark ^a   Madjarov, Jeko ^a   Ellerbe, David M ^a   Hunter, James ^a   Skipper, Eric ^a  

^a Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CORONARY CARE UNIT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STANDARD;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77953047129     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.11.013     Document Type: Letter

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