Compliance with processes of care in intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand - A point prevalence study

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 926-935

  Hewson Conroy, K M ^a   Burrell, A R ^a   Elliott, D ^a,b   Webb, S A R ^a,c   Seppelt, I M ^a,d   Taylor, C ^a,e   Glass, P ^a,e  

^a New South Wales Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care; Healthcare; Intensive care; Process assessment (healthcare); Quality indicators; Quality measurement

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; DALTEPARIN; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIAZEPAM; ENOXAPARIN; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FAMOTIDINE; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; HALOPERIDOL; HEPARIN; HEPARIN CALCIUM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OLANZAPINE; OMEPRAZOLE; OPIATE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROPOFOL; QUETIAPINE; RANITIDINE; SUCRALFATE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; STRESS ULCER;

EID: 80052996578     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900520     Document Type: Article

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