Organization and staffing practices in US cardiac intensive care units: A survey on behalf of the American Heart Association Writing Group on the Evolution of Critical Care Cardiology

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-8

  O’malley, Ryan G ^a   Olenchock, Benjamin ^a   Bohula May, Erin ^a   Barnett, Christopher ^b   Fintel, Dan J ^c   Granger, Christopher B ^d   Katz, Jason N ^e   Kontos, Michael C ^f   Kuvin, Jeffrey T ^g   Murphy, Sabina A ^a   Parrillo, Joseph E ^h   Morrow, David A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac intensive care; cardiovascular medicine; critical care; staffing models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990316959     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872612472063     Document Type: Article

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