To decannulate or not to decannulate: A combination of readiness for the floor and floor readiness?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2360-2361

  Schmidt, Ulrich ^a   Hess, Dean ^a   Bittner, Edward ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

decannulation; tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANNULATION; DECANNULATION; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 80053018918     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318226618a     Document Type: Editorial

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