Morbidly obese patients with acute respiratory failure: Don't reach for the endotracheal tube yet! Journal Article
| Author: | Pastores, S. M. |
| Article Title: | Morbidly obese patients with acute respiratory failure: Don't reach for the endotracheal tube yet! |
| Keywords: | clinical article; controlled study; treatment outcome; treatment response; survival rate; treatment failure; mortality; obesity; health survey; editorial; risk factor; intensive care; intensive care unit; length of stay; intensive care units; body mass; comorbidity; outcome; randomization; observational study; general practitioner; university hospital; disease exacerbation; acute disease; respiratory insufficiency; artificial ventilation; respiratory failure; critical illness; hospital mortality; acute respiratory failure; mechanical ventilation; intubation, intratracheal; morbid obesity; obesity, morbid; noninvasive ventilation; endotracheal tube; continuous positive airway pressure |
| Journal Title: | Critical Care Medicine |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 0090-3493 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Date Published: | 2007-03-01 |
| Start Page: | 956 |
| End Page: | 957 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.ccm.0000257224.13456.ce |
| PUBMED: | 17421089 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 17 November 2011" - "CODEN: CCMDC" - "Source: Scopus" |
