Incidence, life expectancy and prognostic factors in cancer patients under prolonged mechanical ventilation: A nationwide analysis of 5,138 cases during 1998-2007

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shih, Chih Yuan ^a   Hung, Mei Chuan ^b   Lu, Hsin Ming ^c   Chen, Likwang ^c,d   Huang, Sheng Jean ^a,e   Wang, Jung Der ^b,f  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TIME; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880335779     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc12823     Document Type: Article

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