The outcome of prolonged mechanical ventilation in elderly patients: Are the efforts worthwhile?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 353-356

  Meinders, Arend J ^a   Van Der Hoeven, Johannes G ^a   Meinders, Arend E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029820088     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.5.353     Document Type: Article

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