Risk Factors for Prolonged Ventilation in Patient with COPD in ICU
Purpose: | To identify a patient with COPD on a mechanical ventilator in the ICU who is at risk for needing prolonged ventilation based on the study of Gursel. |
Specialty: | Pulmonology |
Objective: | risk factors |
ICD-10: | J44, Z99.1 |
Description: | Gursel et al identified a number of risk factors associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the intensive care unit (ICU). These can help identify a patient who may require closer monitoring and more aggressive management. The author is from Gazi University School of Medicine in Anakara, Turkey. |
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