An integrated approach for prescribing fewer Chest x-Rays in the ICU

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Ioos, Vincent ^a   Galbois, Arnaud ^b,c,d   Chalumeau Lemoine, Ludivine ^e   Guidet, Bertrand ^b,c,f   Maury, Eric ^b,c,f   Hejblum, Gilles ^b,c,f  

^a DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDING APPARATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857555006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-1-4     Document Type: Review

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