Demographics of long-term ventilator-dependent patients outside the intensive care unit

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • November 1991,
  • 58
  • (6)
  • 505-509;

ABSTRACT

Continued management of clinically stable ventilator-dependent patients in the intensive care unit is controversial, given the expense and limitations of intensive care resources. A proposed alternative, which could reduce the cost of care, has been "noninvasive respiratory units." We review the management of 99 ventilator-dependent patients on routine nursing floors to define our case mix and the outcome of long-term care.

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  • ↵* Research fellow, Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Vol. 58, Issue 6

1 Nov 1991

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Ventilation, Mechanical