Predictors of time to death after terminal withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in the ICU

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-297

  Cooke, Colin R ^a   Hotchkin, David L ^b   Engelberg, Ruth A ^c   Rubinson, Lewis ^c,d   Curtis, J Randall ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Oregon Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 77955370651     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-0289     Document Type: Article

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