Midlevel practitioners can safely place intracranial pressure monitors

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431-434

  Young, Pamela J ^a   Bowling, William M ^a  

^a HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

craniocerebral trauma; intracranial pressure monitoring; nurse practitioners; Physician assistants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITOR; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; NEUROSURGEON; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864615505     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318262437b     Document Type: Review

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