Intensive care transfers

The demand for intensive care has increased relentlessly over the past 30 years. It is now regarded as a necessity rather than a luxury. The provision of intensive care has lagged behind that demand. Thus, patients who are judged to need intensive care when a bed is unavailable are increasingly tran...

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Autores principales: Hopkins, Philip, Wolff, Anthony H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
Materias:
Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11983037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1470
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description The demand for intensive care has increased relentlessly over the past 30 years. It is now regarded as a necessity rather than a luxury. The provision of intensive care has lagged behind that demand. Thus, patients who are judged to need intensive care when a bed is unavailable are increasingly transferred to another hospital for such care. The present commentary discusses intensive care transfers and describes a website being trialled in the UK that helps with locating available intensive care beds.
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spelling pubmed-1372932003-02-27 Intensive care transfers Hopkins, Philip Wolff, Anthony H Crit Care Commentary The demand for intensive care has increased relentlessly over the past 30 years. It is now regarded as a necessity rather than a luxury. The provision of intensive care has lagged behind that demand. Thus, patients who are judged to need intensive care when a bed is unavailable are increasingly transferred to another hospital for such care. The present commentary discusses intensive care transfers and describes a website being trialled in the UK that helps with locating available intensive care beds. BioMed Central 2002 2002-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC137293/ /pubmed/11983037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1470 Text en Copyright © 2002 BioMed Central Ltd
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