Respiratory intermediate care unit (RICU) – What are we doing?

S. Salgado, A. S. Oliveira, C. Nunes, F. Oliveira, C. Bárbara (Lisbon, Portugal)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Noninvasive ventilation in the acute setting: education, organisation, H1N1, paediatrics, weaning, diagnostic procedures and special considerations
Disease area: Respiratory critical care

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