Peak flow rate during induced cough: A predictor of successful decannulation of a tracheotomy tube in neurosurgical patients

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-284

  Chan, Linda Y Y ^a   Jones, Alice Y M ^b   Chung, Raymond C K ^b   Hung, K N ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COUGHING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEOTOMY; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 77955297464     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2009575     Document Type: Article

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