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Article: Information pool may help save Ulster lives; Intensive care units benefiting from national database.(News)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- July 16, 1999
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Yesterday the News Letter reported on the innovations which have placed the Royal Victoria Hospital at the forefront of modern technology. Today LINDSAY FERGUS looks at the unique information system which helps doctors save the lives of critically ill patients.THE Regional Intensive Care Unit (RICU) based in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital has joined other ICUs in compiling a massive UK database that collects and analyses information on critically ill patients.
The Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC), which was set ...