Tracheostomy in ICU patients: Question of timing is question of indication

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1137-1138

  Mascia, L ^a   Terragni, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; SEDATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 82955194713     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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