Surgical procedures in the intensive care unit: A critical review
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Year in review 2007: Critical Care – intensive care unit management
With the development of new technologies and drugs, health care is becoming increasingly complex and expensive. Governments and health care providers around the world devote a large proportion of their budgets to maintaining quality of care. During 2007, Critical Care published several papers that highlight important aspects of critical care management, which can be subdivided into structure, p...
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عنوان ژورنال: OA Critical Care
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2052-9309
DOI: 10.13172/2052-9309-1-1-679