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

INTRODUCTION: This study is aimed at determining the incidence, survival rate, life expectancy, quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) and prognostic factors in patients with cancer in different organ systems undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV). METHODS: We used data from the National...

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Autores principales: Shih, Chih-Yuan, Hung, Mei-Chuan, Lu, Hsin-Ming, Chen, Likwang, Huang, Sheng-Jean, Wang, Jung-Der
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc12823

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc12823

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