Routine use of weaning predictors: Not so fast

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Epstein, Scott K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 77949878764     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8121     Document Type: Note

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