PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Edward M. Cordasco, Jr
AU  - Edward D. Sivak
AU  - Alejandro Perez-Trepichio
TI  - Demographics of long-term ventilator-dependent patients outside the intensive care unit
DP  - 1991 Nov 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 505--509
VI  - 58
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/58/6/505.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/58/6/505.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1991 Nov 01; 58
AB  - 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.