Respiratory intermediate care units: a European survey
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- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 20 (5) , 1343-1350
- https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.02.00058202
Abstract
It has been reported that ∼40% of the patients admitted to ICUs never received active intensive care, including mechanical ventilation 8–10. Only ∼40% of patients with ARF due to pulmonary disease needed to be invasively ventilated 11, 12. However, in some countries, such as the UK, with a severe ICU bed shortage, the vast majority of ICU admissions require mechanical ventilation.Keywords
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