Critical Care and Point-of-Care Testing in Cambodia and Vietnam

Plastic Surgical Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Kost, Gerald J ^a,b   Vansith, Ket ^c   Tuntideelert, Masarus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c National Pediatric Hospital   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

blood gas and pH testing; cardiac biomarkers; community hospital; critically ill; demography; electrolytes; guidelines; health resource; ionized calcium; neonatal bilirubin; pediatrics; regional hospital; standard of care; whole blood analyzer; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000926170     PISSN: 07415206     EISSN: 15501841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.poc.0000243979.85019.cb     Document Type: Article

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