Intensive care unit patients on mechanical ventilation at a university hospital in southern Brazil: characteristics, mortality, frequency, and mortality risk factors
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Mechanical ventilation in patients in the intensive care unit of a general university hospital in southern Brazil: an epidemiological study.
OBJECTIVES To determine the characteristics, the frequency and the mortality rates of patients needing mechanical ventilation and to identify the risk factors associated with mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a general university hospital in southern Brazil. METHOD Prospective cohort study in patients admitted to the ICU who needed mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours betw...
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