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Long-term survival and health status after prolonged mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery

Milo Engoren, Nancy Fenn Buderer, Anoar Zacharias

Critical Care Medicine · 2000 · 87 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Patients' chances of being liberated from mechanical ventilation are excellent. Their long-term survival and health status are good.

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Importance of Functional Measures in Predicting Mortality Among Older Hospitalized Patients

Sharon K. Inouye · JAMA · 1998 · 795 citations

The Problem of Quality of Life in Medicine

Alain Leplège · JAMA · 1997 · 632 citations

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Prognostic Stratification in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Renal Failure Requiring Dialysis

Glenn M. Chertow · Archives of Internal Medicine · 1995 · 434 citations

A study of proactive ethics consultation for critically and terminally ill patients with extended lengths of stay

Melvin D. Dowdy, Charles Robertson, John A. Bander · Critical Care Medicine · 1998 · 236 citations