Weaning patients from the ventilator

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2233-2239

  McConville, John F ^a   Kress, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 84870478057     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1203367     Document Type: Article

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