Immediate tracheal extubation after liver transplantation: Experience of two transplant centers

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-253

  Mandell, M Susan ^a   Lockrem, John ^a   Kelley, Scott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031039303     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199702000-00003     Document Type: Article

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