TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical care services and personnel
T2 - Recommendations based on a system of categorization into two levels of care
AU - Haupt, Marilyn T.
AU - Bekes, Carolyn E.
AU - Bayly, Robert W.
AU - Brilli, Richard J.
AU - Carl, Linda C.
AU - Diringer, Michael N.
AU - Greenbaum, Dennis M.
AU - Jacobi, Judith
AU - Jastremski, Michael S.
AU - Nasraway, Stanley A.
AU - Nikas, Diana L.
AU - Scott, W. Eric
AU - Spevetz, Antoinette
AU - Stone, James R.
AU - Warren, Jonathan
AU - Wedel, Suzanne K.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Objectives: To recommend hospital services and personnel requirements for the provision of optimal care to critically ill patients. Requirements for hospitals with comprehensive resources, as well as for hospitals with limited resources, are addressed. Data Sources: a) Consensus opinion of critical care physicians, nurses, and pharmacists; and b) published guidelines of organizational and administrative topics addressing the provision of critical care by physicians and nurses, the pharmacologic approach to the critically ill patient, and diagnostic and laboratory testing in the management of critically ill patients. Conclusion: By combining the strengths and expertise of multidisciplinary critical care specialists, these guidelines provide a framework in which hospitals of varying resources may optimize the care of critically ill patients.
AB - Objectives: To recommend hospital services and personnel requirements for the provision of optimal care to critically ill patients. Requirements for hospitals with comprehensive resources, as well as for hospitals with limited resources, are addressed. Data Sources: a) Consensus opinion of critical care physicians, nurses, and pharmacists; and b) published guidelines of organizational and administrative topics addressing the provision of critical care by physicians and nurses, the pharmacologic approach to the critically ill patient, and diagnostic and laboratory testing in the management of critically ill patients. Conclusion: By combining the strengths and expertise of multidisciplinary critical care specialists, these guidelines provide a framework in which hospitals of varying resources may optimize the care of critically ill patients.
KW - Critical care personnel
KW - Critical care services
KW - Guidelines
KW - Hospital care levels
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032942449&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00003246-199902000-00053
DO - 10.1097/00003246-199902000-00053
M3 - Article
C2 - 10075071
AN - SCOPUS:0032942449
SN - 0090-3493
VL - 27
SP - 422
EP - 426
JO - Critical care medicine
JF - Critical care medicine
IS - 2
ER -