Prolonged mechanical ventilation as a consequence of acute illness
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Prolonged mechanical ventilation as a consequence of acute illness.
OBJECTIVE To determine why acutely ill children become dependent upon mechanical ventilation and what happens to them. METHODS A retrospective medical record study of all patients aged between 1 month and 16 years from 1983 to 1996 who required ventilation for more than 28 days. RESULTS Forty children were ventilated for between 36 and 180 days before discharge or death. Before their presen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.3.253