Telemedicine intervention improves icu outcomes

Critical Care Research and Practice

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sadaka, Farid ^a   Palagiri, Ashok ^a   Trottier, Steven ^a   Deibert, Wendy ^a   Gudmestad, Donna ^a   Sommer, Steven E ^a   Veremakis, Christopher ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873342678     PISSN: 20901305     EISSN: 20901313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/456389     Document Type: Article

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