Standards of scoring, monitoring, and parameter targeting in German neurocritical care units: A national survey

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-186

  Kowoll, C M ^a   Dohmen, C ^a   Kahmann, J ^c   Dziewas, R ^d   Schirotzek, I ^e   Sakowitz, O W ^b   Bosel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Neurocritical care unit; Neurological neurosurgical intensive care unit; NICU; Parameters; Scores

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; NEUROMONITORING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; STANDARDS;

GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84896545376     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9893-3     Document Type: Article

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