ERS TASK FORCE Respiratory intermediate care units: a European survey European Respiratory Society Task Force on epidemiology of respiratory intermediate care in Europe
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Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1344 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345 Geographical distribution and type of units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345 Type of intervention according to different levels of care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345 Patient population and infective complications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1346 Discussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1347 Appendix: Items of the questionnaire . . . . . . . . . 1348 Name of institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Hospital characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Structural characteristics of the respiratory intermediate care unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Technical equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1349 Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1349 Characteristics of patients and intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1349
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