Back to the basics of intensive care: the impact of model based theraputics on ventilation and sedation management
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University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering
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2008
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Shaw, Geoff
Chase, Geoff
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Sub-optimal ventilation therapies and over-sedation have significant adverse impact on intensive care resources. Interventions to optimise both methods of management may result in significant reductions in resource utilisation, morbidity and mortality.
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Shaw, G.M., Chase, J.G. (2008) Back to the basics of intensive care: the impact of model based theraputics on ventilation and sedation management. Christchurch, New Zealand: 2008 Engineering & Physical Sciences in Medicine and Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference, 16-20 Nov 2008.