A Regional Weaning Center for Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation: An 18-Month Experience

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 387-389

  Scalise, Paul J ^a,b   Gerardi, Daniel A ^a,b   Wollschlager, Christine M ^a,b   Votto, John J ^b  

^a Hospital for Special Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CONNECTICUT; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY CARE UNITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0031184243     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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