Abstract:
:The purpose of this article is to provide an appreciation for a significant risk to quality of care affecting patients receiving mechanical ventilation: unplanned extubation. A summary of the current literature provides evidence-based recommendations for how to minimize this potentially dangerous complication. In addition, recommendations for proceeding after unplanned extubation are made.
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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Amjournal_title
Critical care nursing clinics of North Americaauthors
King JN,Elliott VAdoi
10.1016/j.ccell.2012.06.004subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-09-01 00:00:00pages
469-79issue
3eissn
0899-5885issn
1558-3481pii
S0899-5885(12)00054-8journal_volume
24pub_type
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2006.08.006
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cnc.2020.05.002
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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doi:
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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