Clinical predictors and outcomes for patients requiring tracheostomy in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1714-1720

  Kollef, Marin H ^a   Ahrens, Thomas S ^b   Shannon, William ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Nosocomial pneumonia; Respiratory failure; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0032857985     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199909000-00003     Document Type: Article

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