An official American Thoracic Society/American Association of Critical-Care Nurses/American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine policy statement: The Choosing Wisely® Top 5 list in critical care medicine

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 818-826

  Halpern, Scott D ^a   Becker, Deborah ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^a   Fowler, Robert ^a   Hyzy, Robert ^a   Kaplan, Lewis J ^a   Rawat, Nishi ^a   Sessler, Curtis N ^a   Wunsch, Hannah ^a   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Choosing Wisely; Cost effectiveness; Critical care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TELECONFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VENTILATED PATIENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEEP SEDATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; LONG TERM CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEEP SEDATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHYSICIANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84914691304     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201407-1317ST     Document Type: Article

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