Long-term outcome and health-related quality of life in difficult-to-wean patients with and without ventilator dependency at ICU discharge: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Long-term outcome and quality of life (QOL) in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation after failure to wean in the ICU is scarcely documented. We aimed to evaluate long-term survival and QOL in patients discharged from the ICU with a tracheostomy for difficult weaning, and w...

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Autores principales: Depuydt, P., Oeyen, S., De Smet, S., De Raedt, S., Benoit, D., Decruyenaere, J., Derom, E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27677445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0295-0

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