Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 249-255 , October 2007

Part 1. Chemical and physical restraints in the management of mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU: Contributing factors

  • Kristin Hofsø

      Affiliations

    • Departement of Anaestesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rikshospitalet-Medical Centre, Sognsvannsveien 20, 0027 Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47 23 07 37 11; fax: +47 23 07 37 14.
    • ,
  • Fiona M. Coyer

      Affiliations

    • Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4059, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 7 3138 3895; fax: +61 7 3138 3814.

,Accepted 1 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.04.003

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 249-255 , October 2007

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