Efficacy of weaning protocol in medical intensive care unit of tertiary care center

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-57

  Bumroongkit, Chaiwat ^a,b   Liwsrisakun, Chalerm ^a   Deesomchok, Athavudh ^a   Theerakittikul, Theerakorn ^a   Pothirat, Chaicharn ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Physician directed weaning; Protocol directed weaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 20444462681     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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