Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation and hospital bed utilization in 2020 in the United States: implications for budgets, plant and personnel planning

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Zilberberg Marya D (Author), Shorr Andrew F (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: BMC, 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
• Urunga tuihono: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Adult patients on prolonged acute mechanical ventilation (PAMV) comprise 1/3 of all adult MV patients, consume 2/3 of hospital resources allocated to MV population, and are nearly twice as likely to require a discharge to a skilled n...