Weaning patients from the ventilator

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1068-

  Ñamendys Silva, Silvio A ^a   Hernández Garay, Marisol ^b   Domínguez Cherit, Guillermo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

HUMANS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 84874953154     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1300398     Document Type: Letter

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