Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 308-316 , September 2008

The importance of differentiating between elective and emergency postoperative critical care patients

  • Charles Weissman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah-University Hospital, Kiryat Hadassah, POB 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. Tel.: +972 2 677 7269; fax: +972 2 642 9392.
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  • Nava Klein, BA, RN

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☆ Supported by a grant from the Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Service Research (Tel Hashomer, Israel).

PII: S0883-9441(07)00157-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.10.039

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 308-316 , September 2008

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