Noninvasive ventilation and palliative care: Unfolding the promise

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 881-882

  Crippen, David W ^a   Whetstine, Leslie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Do not intubate order; Endotracheal intubation; Life support; Noninvasive ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542509784     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000110663.10862.B9     Document Type: Editorial

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