Survival predictors after intubation in medical wards: A prospective study in 151 patients.

INTRODUCTION:In health care systems in need of additional intensive care unit (ICU) beds, the decision to mechanically ventilate critically ill patients in Internal Medicine (IM) Department wards needs to balance patients' health outcomes, possible futility, and logistics. We aimed to examine t...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Basoulis, Stavros Liatis, Marina Skouloudi, Konstantinos Makrilakis, Georgios L Daikos, Petros P Sfikakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234181