Case volume and mortality in haematological patients with acute respiratory failure

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 748-754

  Lecuyer, L ^a,b,c,d   Chevret, S ^a,b,c,d   Guidet, B ^a,b,e   Aegerter, P ^a,b,f   Martel, P ^a,b,f   Schlemmer, B ^a,b,c,d   Azoulay, E ^a,b,c,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^f Service de Radiologie   (France)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Bone marrow transplant; Lymphoma; Mechanical ventilation; Myeloma; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 58149380659     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00142907     Document Type: Article

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