Open AccessFactors determining outcomes in adult patient undergoing mechanical ventilation: A “real-world” retrospective study in an Indian Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Khalid Khatib,
Subhal Dixit,
Mukund Joshi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_41_17
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , intensive care unit , ards , retrospective cohort study , medical record , population , mortality rate , emergency medicine , concomitant , intensive care , respiratory failure , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , lung , environmental health
Characteristics of patients admitted to intensive care units with respiratory failure (RF) and undergoing mechanical ventilation (MV) have been described for particular indications and diseases, but there are few studies in the general Intensive Care Unit (ICU) population and even lesser from developing countries.