Continuous quality improvement in the ICU: General guidelines

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-127

  Thijs, L G ^a   Baltpoulos, G ^b   Bion, J K ^b   Carlet, J ^b   Eklund, J ^b   Ferdinande, P ^b   Frutiger, A ^b   Iapichino, G ^b   Moreno, R P ^b   Pimentel, J M ^b   Planas, M ^b   Ramsay, G ^b   Rheinhart, K ^b   Reis Miranda, D ^b   Steltzer, H ^b   Strack Van Schijndel, R J M ^b   Strom J ^b   Takala, J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 8044245923     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050304     Document Type: Article

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