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Published in: Critical Care 1/2004

01-02-2003 | Commentary

Expanding intensive care medicine beyond the intensive care unit

Author: Ken Hillman

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2004

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Abstract

Intensive care medicine probably requires the artificial boundaries of an intensive care unit to nurture and legitimize the specialty. The next major step in intensive care medicine is to explore ways of optimizing the outcome of seriously ill patients by recognizing and resuscitating them at an earlier stage. Some of these ways include better education of existing staff; earlier consultation; and automatic calling by intensive care staff to abnormalities identifying at-risk patients. Some of these interventions are currently being evaluated and results should soon indicate their relative effectiveness.
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Metadata
Title
Expanding intensive care medicine beyond the intensive care unit
Author
Ken Hillman
Publication date
01-02-2003
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2394

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