Criteria for extubation in neurologic patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1529-

  Stocchetti, Nino ^a   Beretta, Luigi ^b   Citerio, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOTOMY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE;

HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 67650503735     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819d2e62     Document Type: Letter

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