The effect of tracheostomy timing during critical illness on long-term survival

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2547-2557

  Scales, Damon C ^a,b,c   Thiruchelvam, Deva ^c   Kiss, Alexander ^c   Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial; Critical care; Mortality; Proportional hazards models; Respiration; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TRACHEOSTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; TIME;

COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 52949112707     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818444a5     Document Type: Article

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