Home mechanical ventilation in Sweden - Inequalities within a homogenous health care system

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-42

  Laub, Michael ^a   Berg, Sören ^a   Midgren, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assisted ventilation; Epidemiology; Home care; Home mechanical ventilation; Pickwickian Syndrome; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0347135947     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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