Frequency, causes, and outcome of home ventilator failure

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1363-1367

  Srinivasan, Saumini ^a   Doty, Sharon M ^b   White, Tanya R ^b   Segura, Victor H ^b   Jansen, Mary T ^a   Davidson Ward, Sally L ^a   Keens, Thomas G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NMC Homecare   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted ventilation; Backup ventilator; Home mechanical ventilation; Ventilator failure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHILD; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0031765166     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.5.1363     Document Type: Article

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