Respiratory care practices and requirements for respiratory therapists in Beijing intensive care units

Respiratory Care

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-376

  Li, Jie ^a   Zhan, Qing Yuan ^a   Liang, Zong An ^b   Tu, Mei Lien ^c   Sun, Bing ^a   Yao, Xiu Li ^a   Luo, Zu Jin ^a   Xia, Jin Gen ^a   Wang, Chen ^d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Current practices; Intensive care unit; Questionnaire survey; Respiratory care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTICE; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CHINA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

EID: 84859488849     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01093     Document Type: Article

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