Predicting the duration of mechanical ventilation: The importance of disease and patient characteristics

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 469-479

  Seneff, Michael G ^a   Zimmerman, Jack E ^a,b,c   Knaus, William A ^a,b   Wagner, Douglas P ^a,b   Draper, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b APACHE Medical Systems Inc   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

APACHE III; cost control; intensive care; mechanical ventilation; utilization review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0029767695     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.2.469     Document Type: Article

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