Mechanical ventilation in rural ICUs

Critical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Fieselmann, John F ^a   Bock, M Jeanne ^b   Hendryx, Michael S ^c   Wakefield, Douglas ^a   Helms, Charles M ^a   Bentler, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Mortality and outcome; Nosocomial events; Respiratory failure; Rural hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BAROTRAUMA; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033009114     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc303     Document Type: Article

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