Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1189-1195, August 2009

Predictors of successful weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation in Taiwan

  • Yao-Kuang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuo-Chin Kao

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuang-Hung Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Business Administration, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Meng-Jer Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Huang Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 33281200x2281; fax: +886 33287787.

Received 30 August 2008; accepted 10 February 2009. published online 10 April 2009.

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PII: S0954-6111(09)00057-2

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2009.02.005

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1189-1195, August 2009

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