Outcomes of the first 30 cases of an adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program: Strategies to manage the "learning curve" and implications for intensive care unit risk adjustment models

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-129

  Mullany, Daniel V ^a,b   Bull, Taressa N ^a,b   Hunt, William ^a,b   Shekar, Kiran ^a,b   Thomson, Bruce ^a,b   Fraser, John F ^a,b   Ziegenfuss, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEENSLAND; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866058182     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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