Cardiovascular Critical Care: A Perceived Deficiency among U.S. Trainees

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1853-1858

  Hill, Terence ^a   Means, Gregory ^b   Van Diepen, Sean ^c   Paul, Timir ^d   Katz, Jason N ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; critical care; survey; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNTERPULSATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE; ACCREDITATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCREDITATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946152094     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001074     Document Type: Article

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