System-level planning, coordination, and communication: Care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages e87S-e102S

  Dichter, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Kanter, Robert K ^c,d   Dries, David ^e   Luyckx, Valerie ^f   Lim, Matthew L ^g   Wilgis, John ^h   Anderson, Michael R ⁱ   Sarani, Babak ^j   Hupert, Nathaniel ^k,l   Mutter, Ryan ^m   Devereaux, Asha V ⁿ   Christian, Michael D ^o   Kissoon, Niranjan ^p  

^a Allina Health Laboratories   (United States)

^b AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^h FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^l NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m Agency for Healthcare Quality Research   (United States)

ⁿ SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^o MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COORDINATION; DISASTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PANDEMIC; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIMULATION; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84908492506     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0738     Document Type: Article

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