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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Regional Director of Risk Management, Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA

    Louise Chiu MD, JD

  2. Department of Anesthesia, University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson, MS

    John H. Eichhorn MD (Chairman and Professor)

  3. Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Dean Hess PhD, RRT (Assistant Director)

  4. Department Chair, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA

    Leslie Hoffman RN, PhD

  5. Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California in San Francisco, CA

    Christine Miaskowski RN, PhD (Professor)

  6. Risk Management & Quality Improvement, Stratton-Cheeseman Management Companies and Michigan Physicians' Mutual Liability Company in Cincinnati, OH

    R. Stephen Trosty JD, MHA

  7. University Health System Consortium in Oak Brook, IL

    Barbara Youngberg JD (Vice President)

  8. Consortium Coordinator, Communicore, 2025 First Avenue, Suite 1110, 98121, Seattle, WA, USA

    D. Stephen Robins MD

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Chiu, L., Eichhorn, J.H., Hess, D. et al. Principles & guidelines for respiratory monitoring on the general care floor. J Clin Monitor Comput 12, 411–416 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02077640

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