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Ruohui Wang1, Changkun Pan2, Xiaokun Wang3

  • 1Department of ICU, The First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China.

Heart & Lung : the Journal of Critical Care
|October 20, 2018
PubMed
Abstract

Keywords:
Critical illnessEarly tracheotomyMechanical ventilationMeta-analysisVentilator-associated pneumonia

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