Prospective evaluation of an extubation protocol in a trauma intensive care unit population

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 393-396

  Aboutanos, Sharline Z ^a   Duane, Therèse M ^a,b   Malhotra, Ajai K ^a   Borchers, C Todd ^a   Wakefield, Tracey A ^a   Wolfe, Luke ^a   Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Ivatury, Rao R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GUNSHOT INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTILATOR WEANING; VIRGINIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33745345079     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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