Ward mortality in patients discharged from the ICU with tracheostomy may depend on patient's vulnerability

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1878-1882

  Fernandez, Rafael ^a   Bacelar, Nestor ^a   Hernandez, Gonzalo ^b   Tubau, Isabel ^a   Baigorri, Francisco ^a   Gili, Gisela ^a   Artigas, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^b Hospital Univ de Toledo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hospital survival; Mechanical ventilation; Outcome research; Scoring system; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANNULATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 52949120303     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1169-6     Document Type: Article

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