TY - JOUR T1 - Demographics of long-term ventilator-dependent patients outside the intensive care unit JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 505 LP - 509 VL - 58 IS - 6 AU - Edward M. Cordasco, Jr AU - Edward D. Sivak AU - Alejandro Perez-Trepichio Y1 - 1991/11/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/58/6/505.abstract N2 - 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. ER -