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Can we demonstrate the efficacy of monitoring?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

D. Zygun
D. Zygun*
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Neurosciences and Community Health Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Correspondence to: David Zygun, Foothills Medical Centre, Rm EG23, 1403-29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N2T9. E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: +1 403 944 1691; Fax: +1 403 283 9994
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Summary

This article will discuss the challenges related to the demonstration of the efficacy of monitoring in an intensive care environment. It will address interpretation, therapeutic intervention, sample size and compare efficacy to effectiveness in the context of the developing field of neurocritical care.

Keywords

MEASUREMENT AND MONITORINGCRITICAL CARENEUROSCIENCE
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Original Article
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 25 , Issue S42 , February 2008 , pp. 94 - 97
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Copyright © European Society of Anaesthesiology 2008

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