Nurse-driven, protocol-directed weaning from mechanical ventilation improves clinical outcomes and is well accepted by intensive care unit physicians

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 433-441

  Danckers, Mauricio ^a   Grosu, Horiana ^a   Jean, Raymonde ^a   Cruz, Raul B ^a   Fidellaga, Amelita ^a   Han, Qifa ^a   Awerbuch, Elizabeth ^a   Jadhav, Nagesh ^a   Rose, Keith ^a   Khouli, Hassan ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Physician's acceptance; Protocol; Weaning

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN'S ACCEPTANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTOCOL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEANING;

MECHANICAL VENTILATION; PHYSICIAN'S ACCEPTANCE; PROTOCOL; WEANING;

AGED; APACHE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 84886689746     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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