Prolonged mechanical ventilation: are your ventilator patients ready to be cared for outside ICU?

Autor: Rahman A; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, WVU School of Medicine, Morgantown, USA., Dedhia H, Parker JE, Teba L, Vasudevan CP
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The West Virginia medical journal [W V Med J] 2007 Nov-Dec; Vol. 103 (5), pp. 24-6.
Abstrakt: A significant number of patients in the ICU require prolonged periods of ventilator support. We present here, four such patients and incorporate the recent recommendations of a consensus conference on prolonged mechanical ventilation. We hope our case studies will enable physicians to better manage and care for this challenging group of patients.
Databáze: MEDLINE