Informed consent for tracheostomy procedures in Intensive Care Unit: An Italian national survey

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 741-749

  Vargas, M ^a,b   Servillo, G ^b   Antonelli, M ^c   Brunetti, I ^a   De Stefano, F ^a   Putensen, C ^d   Pelosi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Informed consent; Intensive Care Units; Tracheostomy; Unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

DECISION TREES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84884694109     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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