Tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated patients: Unanswered questions

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 444-445

  Gentile, Michael A ^a   Wahidi, Momen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Intensive care unit; Length of stay; Mechanical ventilated patients; Mortality; Outcomes; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTUBATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG MECHANICS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SPEECH; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; WEANING;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 13444258713     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000153522.35512.26     Document Type: Editorial

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