Duration of Mechanical Ventilation in the Emergency Department
Introduction: Due to hospital crowding, mechanically ventilated patients are increasingly spending hours boarding in emergency departments (ED) before intensive care unit (ICU) admission. This study aims to evaluate the association between time ventilated in the ED and in-hospital mortality, duratio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2017-07-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8q27h6k2 |