Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 359.e9-359.e12 , June 2010

Managing intensive care units: Make LOVE, not war!

  • Jean Carlet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Réanimation Polyvalente, 75014 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS), 93218 Saint-Denis La Plaine Cedex, France.
    • ,
  • Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Réanimation Polyvalente, 75014 Paris, France
    • Inserm U 823 Grenoble, France
    • ,
  • Marie-Françoise Dumay, HN

      Affiliations

    • Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Réanimation Polyvalente, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Fredérique Diaw, HN

      Affiliations

    • Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Réanimation Polyvalente, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Bertrand Guidet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Réanimation Médicale, 75012, and INSERM U 707, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Jean-François Timsit, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CHU Hôpital Albert Michallon, Réanimation Médicale, BP 217 38043 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
    • Inserm U 823 Grenoble, France
    • ,
  • Benoit Misset, MD

      Affiliations

    • Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Réanimation Polyvalente, 75014 Paris, France
    • Université Paris Descartes

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PII: S0883-9441(10)00009-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.12.009

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 359.e9-359.e12 , June 2010

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