Perspectives on strained intensive care unit capacity: A survey of critical care professionals.

BACKGROUND:Strained intensive care unit (ICU) capacity represents a supply-demand mismatch in ICU care. Limited data have explored health care worker (HCW) perceptions of strain. METHODS:Cross-sectional survey of HCW across 16 Alberta ICUs. A web-based questionnaire captured data on demographics, st...

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Main Authors: Dawn Opgenorth, Henry T Stelfox, Elaine Gilfoyle, R T Noel Gibney, Michael Meier, Paul Boucher, David McKinlay, Christiane N Job McIntosh, Xiaoming Wang, David A Zygun, Sean M Bagshaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6104911?pdf=render