Prevention of Critical Care Complications in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit: Protocols, Bundles, and Insights From Intensive Care Studies

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 101-109

  van Diepen, Sean ^a,b   Sligl, Wendy I ^a   Washam, Jeffrey B ^c   Gilchrist, Ian C ^d   Arora, Rakesh C ^e   Katz, Jason N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARE BUNDLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALNUTRITION; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; REVIEW; STRESS ULCER; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEART DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROCEDURES;

CORONARY CARE UNITS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 84998694291     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.06.011     Document Type: Review

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