title: Technological equipment in critical care: the cost of progress.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece, Patras, Greece. kiekkpan@otenet.gr.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kiekkas
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000592:standards; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D013675:Technology, High-Cost