A Year's Experience in an Intermediate Respiratory Care Unit;Cuidados respiratorios intermedios: un año de experiencia

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 533-539

  Aburto, Myriam ^a   Esteban, Cristóbal ^a   Aguirre, Urko ^a   Egurrola, Mikel ^a   Altube, Lander ^a   Moraza, Francisco Javier ^a   Capelastegui, Alberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intermediate respiratory intensive care units; Noninvasive mechanical ventilation; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WARD;

EID: 70349974982     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1579-2129(09)73413-5     Document Type: Article

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