Aerosol therapy in tracheotomized children: Time for guidelines!

Respiratory Care

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1350-

  Amirav, Israel ^a   Newhouse, Michael T ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84864811132     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02005     Document Type: Editorial

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