Tracheostomy protocol: Experience with development and potential utility

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1742-1748

  Freeman, Bradley D ^a   Kennedy, Carie ^a   Robertson, T Elizabeth ^a   Coopersmith, Craig M ^a   Schallom, Marilyn ^b   Sona, Carrie ^b   Cracchiolo, Lisa ^b   Schuerer, Douglas J E ^a   Boyle, Walter A ^a   Buchman, Timothy G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Practice variation; Protocols; Quality assurance; Tracheostomy; Ventilator weaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 45149099253     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318174d9f6     Document Type: Article

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