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. 1977 Sep-Oct;5(5):245-51.
doi: 10.1097/00003246-197709000-00008.

The role and function of an Australian intensive care unit

D J McCleave, J E Gilligan, L I Worthley

The role and function of an Australian intensive care unit

D J McCleave et al. Crit Care Med. 1977 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

A detailed report on the activities of a major Australasian ICU is presented. An adequate team of specially trained medical and nursing staff is required to function efficiently. Despite a linear increase in admissions and a broadening scope of references, mortality has remained constant. Practice of Intensive Care Medicine must not be confined solely to special units. Involvement in other hospital areas is described.

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