Is tracheostomy associated with better outcomes for patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 802-807

  Combes, Alain ^a   Luyt, Charles Edouard ^a   Nieszkowska, Ania ^a   Trouillet, Jean Louis ^a   Gibert, Claude ^a   Chastre, Jean ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 33947142131     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000256721.60517.B1     Document Type: Article

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