Age, duration of mechanical ventilation, and outcomes of patients who are critically ill

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 759-764

  Feng, Yan ^a,b   Amoateng Adjepong, Yaw ^a,b   Kaufman, David ^a,b   Gheorghe, Cristina ^a,b   Manthous, Constantine A ^a,b  

^a BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 70049118542     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0515     Document Type: Article

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