Cross-coverage in the intensive care unit: More than meets the "I"?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1297-1298

  Halpern, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NIGHT CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 84901770020     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201405-0801ED     Document Type: Editorial

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