RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Demographics of long-term ventilator-dependent patients outside the intensive care unit
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 505
OP 509
VO 58
IS 6
A1 Cordasco, Edward M.
A1 Sivak, Edward D.
A1 Perez-Trepichio, Alejandro
YR 1991
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/58/6/505.abstract
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.