Emergency department length of stay for patients requiring mechanical ventilation: a prospective observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rose, Louise ^a   Gray, Sara ^b   Burns, Karen ^b   Atzema, Clare ^c   Kiss, Alex ^c   Worster, Andrew ^d   Scales, Damon C ^c   Rubenfeld, Gordon ^c   Lee, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Emergency department; Mechanical ventilation; Non invasive ventilation, critical illness

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84859513930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-30     Document Type: Article

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