The Prognostic Value of the Charlson's Comorbidity Index in Patients with Prolonged Acute Mechanical Ventilation: A Single Center Experience.

Seung Eon Song,Sang Hee Lee,Eun-Jung Jo,Jung Seop Eom,Jeong Ha Mok,Mi Hyun Kim,Ki Uk Kim,Min-Ki Lee,Kwangha Lee

The Prognostic Value of the Charlson's Comorbidity Index in Patients with Prolonged Acute Mechanical Ventilation: A Single Center Experience.

2016

Seung Eon Song
Sang Hee Lee
Eun-Jung Jo
Jung Seop Eom
Jeong Ha Mok
Mi Hyun Kim
Ki Uk Kim
Min-Ki Lee
Kwangha Lee

Background The aim of our study was to evaluate the prognostic value of Charlson's weighted index of comorbidities (WIC) in patients with prolonged acute mechanical ventilation (PAMV, ventilator care ≥96 hours).

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Comorbidity
Single Center
Mechanical ventilation
Ventilator care
Intensive care medicine
Medicine
Area under the curve
Physical therapy
Proportional hazards model
Radiology
Confidence interval
Mortality rate
Hazard ratio
Internal medicine

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