Intensive Care Units: Open or Closed?
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Characteristics of intensive care units in Michigan: not an open and closed case.
OBJECTIVE Delivery of critical care by intensivists has been recommended by several groups. Our objective was to understand the delivery of critical care physician services in Michigan and the role of intensivists and nonintensivist providers in providing care. DESIGN Descriptive questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Intensive care unit (ICU) directors and nurse managers at 96 sites, repr...
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