Removal of the tracheal tube after prolonged mechanical ventilation: Assessment of risk by oscillatory impedance

Respiration

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-123

  Franke, Karl Josef ^a   Nilius, Georg ^a   Morgenstern, Stefan ^a   Ruhle, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long term mechanical ventilation; Oscillatory impedance; Tracheal obstruction; Tracheostomy decannulation; Weaning failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANNULATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIDOR; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 79951670281     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314073     Document Type: Article

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