Demographics and clinical outcomes of patients admitted to a respiratory intensive care unit located in a rehabilitation center

Respiratory Care

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 670-676

  Ceriana, Piero ^a,b   Delmastro, Monica ^a   Rampulla, Ciro ^a   Nava, Stefano ^a  

^a Centro Medico di Pavia   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Rehabilitation; Respiratory; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APACHE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENCE NURSING SCALE SCORE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOSITIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HOSPITALIZATION; ITALY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STANDARD;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0642336800     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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