From Coronary Care Units to Cardiac Intensive Care Units: Recommendations for Organizational, Staffing, and Educational Transformation

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1204-1213

  Le May, Michel ^a   van Diepen, Sean ^b   Liszkowski, Mark ^c   Schnell, Gregory ^d   Tanguay, Jean François ^c   Granger, Christopher B ^e   Ainsworth, Craig ^f   Diodati, Jean G ^g   Fam, Neil ^h   Haichin, Richard ⁱ   Jassal, Davinder ^j   Overgaard, Christopher ^k   Tymchak, Wayne ^b   Tyrrell, Benjamin ^b   Osborne, Christina ^a   Wong, Graham ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY CARE UNIT; HEART; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; CANADA; CARDIOLOGY; CERTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS;

CANADA; CARDIOLOGY; CERTIFICATION; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CRITICAL CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84960834524     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.11.021     Document Type: Article

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