Non-invasive ventilation in do-not-intubate patients: Five-year follow-up on a two-year prospective, consecutive cohort study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1153-1157

  Bulow H H ^a,b   Thorsager, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 69949136770     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02034.x     Document Type: Article

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