A ventilator requirement index

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-291

  Bach, John R ^a,d   Goncalves, Miguel ^b   Eisenberg, Michal ^a   Ishikawa, Yuka ^c   Altschuler, Eric ^a   Winck, João Carlos ^b   Komaroff, Eugene ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hospital Universitário de São João   (Portugal)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Home Mechanical Ventilation; Neuromuscular Disease; Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation; Respiratory Insufficiency; Ventilator Requirement Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATOR; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC WALL; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 41349101594     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e318164a96e     Document Type: Article

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