Elderly patients undergoing mechanical ventilation in and out of intensive care units: A comparative, prospective study of 579 ventilations

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Lieberman, David ^a,b   Nachshon, Liat ^a,b   Miloslavsky, Oleg ^a,b   Dvorkin, Valery ^a,b   Shimoni, Avi ^a,b   Zelinger, Julian ^a,b   Friger, Michael ^b   Lieberman, Devora ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950403623     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8935     Document Type: Article

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