Electrolyte orders in the neuroscience intensive care unit: Worth the value or waste?

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-221

  Clark, Sarah L ^a   Cunningham, Julie L ^a   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusions; Costeffectiveness; Electrolyte measurements; Hemoglobin level; Neuroscience intensive care unit; Phlebotomies

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN DISEASES; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955847161     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9416-4     Document Type: Article

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