Effects of a multifaceted, multidisciplinary, hospital-wide quality improvement program on weaning from mechanical ventilation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1224-1230

  Smyrnios, Nicholas A ^a   Connolly, Ann ^a   Wilson, Mark M ^a   Curley, Frederick J ^a   French, Cynthia T ^a   Heard, Stephen O ^a   Irwin, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost containment; Mechanical ventilation; Quality improvement; Respiratory failure; Ventilator; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEANING;

EID: 0036270677     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200206000-00009     Document Type: Article

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