Early vs late tracheotomy in ICU patients

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1537-1538

  Scales, Damon C ^a,b,d   Ferguson, Niall D ^c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEDATION; TRACHEOTOMY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 77951148302     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.462     Document Type: Editorial

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