Expectations and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2888-2894

  Cox, Christopher E ^a   Martinu, Tereza ^a   Sathy, Shailaja J ^b   Clay, Alison S ^a   Chia, Jessica ^c   Gray, Alice L ^c   Olsen, Maren K ^c,d   Govert, Joseph A ^c   Carson, Shannon S ^e   Tulsky, James A ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial; Critical illness; Intensive care units; Prospective study; Respiration; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEATH; EXPECTATION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 73449104551     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181ab86ed     Document Type: Article

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