Inter-hospital transport of critically ill patients; expect surprises

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Droogh, Joep M ^a   Smit, Marije ^a   Hut, Jakob ^a   de Vos, Ronald ^a   M Ligtenberg, Jack J ^a   Zijlstra, Jan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84856797330     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11191     Document Type: Article

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