Maintaining quality of care 24/7 in a nontrauma surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 202-208

  McMillen, Marvin Allan ^a   Boucher, Nathan ^a   Keith, David ^a   Gould, David Scott ^a   Gave, Asaf ^a   Hoffman, Darryl ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Surgical critical care; best practices; physician assistants.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; VENTILATOR;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; NEW YORK CITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84864189248     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824ba4bf     Document Type: Article

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