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Epidemiology of mechanically ventilated patients treated in ICU and non-ICU settings in Japan: a retrospective database study.

Yoshiaki IwashitaKazuto YamashitaHiroshi IkaiMasamitsu SanuiHiroshi ImaiYuichi Imanaka
Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2018)
A large proportion of Japanese patients on MV were treated in non-ICU settings. Analysis of administrative data indicated preliminarily that hospital mortality rates in these patients were higher in non-ICU settings than in ICUs. Prospective analyses comparing non-ICU and ICU patients on MV by severity scoring are needed.
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