COPD and other diseases in chronically ventilated patients in a prolonged respiratory care unit: A retrospective 20-year survival study

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-90

  Votto, John ^a   Brancifort, Janet M ^a   Scalise, Paul J ^a   Wollschlager, Christine M ^a   ZuWallack, Richard L ^a  

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Author keywords

Chronically ventilated; COPD; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031984006     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.1.86     Document Type: Article

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