Impact of respiratory complications on length of stay and hospital costs in acute cervical spine injury

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1548-1554

  Winslow, Christopher ^a   Bode, Rita K ^b   Felton, Dan ^b   Chen, David ^b   Meyer, Paul R ^c  

^a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital costs; Length of stay; Respiratory failure; Respiratory infections; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0036257151     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.5.1548     Document Type: Article

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