Is there a doctor in the house? The downside of 24/7 attending coverage in academic intensive care units

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1280-1281

  Jones, Shirley Fong ^a   Gaggar, Amit ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONITORING; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; TELEMEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AFTER-HOURS CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77954475074     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201005-0681ED     Document Type: Editorial

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