Mortality and tracheotomy

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 963-964

  Clum, Stephen R ^a   Rumbak, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial; Intensive care units; Mortality; Outcome assessment; Respiration; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BURN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXTUBATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOTOMY;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LONG-TERM CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 33947135982     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000257467.84570.B5     Document Type: Editorial

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