Prolonged mechanical ventilation in a respiratory-care setting: A comparison of outcome between tracheostomized and translaryngeal intubated patients

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Wu, Yao Kuang ^a,b   Tsai, Ying Huang ^c,d   Lan, Chou Chin ^a   Huang, Chun Yao ^a   Lee, Chih Hsin ^a   Kao, Kuo Chin ^c   Fu, Jui Ying ^c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSLARYNGEAL INTUBATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VENTILATED PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; TAIWAN; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 78149236342     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8890     Document Type: Article

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