Incidence and Operative Factors Associated With Discretional Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation After General Surgery.
Ray JJ, Degnan M, Rao KA, Meizoso JP, Karcutskie CA, Horn DB, Rodriguez L, Dutton RP, Schulman CI, Dudaryk R.
Ray JJ, et al.
Anesth Analg. 2018 Feb;126(2):489-494. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002533.
Anesth Analg. 2018.
PMID: 28991116
Postoperatively, patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) may be categorized into 1 of 3 groups: extubated patients (EXT), patients with objective medical indications to remain ventilated (MED), and patients not meeting these criteria, called "discretional postop …
Postoperatively, patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) may be categorized into 1 of 3 groups: extubated patients (EXT), patient …