## Abstract Therapeutic apheresis procedures in critically ill patients comprises of therapeutic plasma exchange in most cases but also less commonly, erythrocytapheresis (red cell exchange), thrombocytapheresis, or leukocytapheresis. These procedures present a number of challenges to the apheresis
Tracheotomy-related pressure sores in critically ill patients
β Scribed by Harry S. Hwang; Lauren J. Luk; Eric J. Kezirian; Hildegarde M. Schell-Chaple; Susan Barbour; Wendy Ma; Ivan El-Sayed
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 388 KB
- Volume
- 121
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0023-852X
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