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  1. Chapter

    Comparing ICU Populations: Background and Current Methods

    To evaluate critical care services, outcome data must be collected and then compared to a performance benchmark or standard. The outcomes that are examined include mortality, complication rates, hospital and I...

    J. E. Zimmerman, E. A. Draper, D. P. Wagner in Evaluating Critical Care (2002)

  2. Article

    The importance of technology for achieving superior outcomes from intensive care

    To test the hypothesis that technology availability, staffing, and diagnostic diversity in an intensive care unit (ICU) are associated with the ability to decrease hospital mortality.

    P. G. Bastos, W. A. Knaus, J. E. Zimmerman, A. Magalhães Jr in Intensive Care Medicine (1996)

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    Article

    Application of the APACHE III prognostic system in Brazilian intensive care units: A prospective multicenter study

    To compare patients and their outcomes at ten Brazilian intensive care units (ICUs) with those reported from the United States.

    P. G. Bastos, X. Sun, D. P. Wagner, W. A. Knaus, J. E. Zimmerman in Intensive Care Medicine (1996)

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    International comparisons of intensive care: Meeting the challenges of different worlds of intensive care

    G. Vazquez Mata, K. Rowan, J. E. Zimmerman, E. Aguayo de Hoyos in Intensive Care Medicine (1996)

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    Imaging Flaws under Insulation Using a Squid Magnetometer

    Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUID) are the most sensitive instruments known for the measurement of magnetic fields. An all niobium two-hole homemade SQUID can easily achieve sensitivities of 10-...

    A. C. Bruno, C. Hall Barbosa in Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondest… (1996)

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    Chapter and Conference Paper

    Construction and Performance of Wire-Junction RF-SQUIDs

    Two-hole symmetric rf-SQUID’s were made by using a pair of wire segments to form the point contact Josephson junction. The SQUID’s are reliable, easy to make and to adjust, and have a sensitivity of 2.5 × 10−29 ...

    A. C. Bruno, J. E. Zimmerman in Superconducting Devices and Their Applications (1992)

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    Subject and Gradiometer Positioning for MEG Recording: A Preliminary Report

    The estimation of neuromagnetic source location is facilitated by knowing where the magnetic sensing coils are located in space with reference to the center (or other reference point) of the head. The use of v...

    P. Teale, J. E. Zimmerman, J. Edrich, S. Linnville, M. Reite in Advances in Biomagnetism (1989)

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    Auditory evoked magnetic fields: a replication, with comments on the magneticP50 analog

    Auditory evoked magnetic fields (AEFs) and EEG auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) were recorded from left and right auditory cortical regions of 12 normal adult subjects. The magnetic sensor was a figure-eight ...

    J. T. Zimmerman, M. Reite, J. E. Zimmerman, J. Edrich in Il Nuovo Cimento D (1983)