What is an intensive care unit? A report of the task force of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 37, Issue , 2017, Pages 270-276

  Marshall, John C ^a,m   Bosco, Laura ^b   Adhikari, Neill K ^c   Connolly, Bronwen ^d   Diaz, Janet V ^e   Dorman, Todd ^f   Fowler, Robert A ^c   Meyfroidt, Geert ^g   Nakagawa, Satoshi ^h   Pelosi, Paolo ^i,m   Vincent, Jean Louis ^j,m   Vollman, Kathleen ^k   Zimmerman, Janice ^l,m  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^k Advancing Nursing LLC   (United States)

^l HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MONITORING; NURSING CARE; PEER REVIEW; WARD; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLASSIFICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MANPOWER; NURSE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSES; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PHYSICIANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84995379942     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.07.015     Document Type: Article

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