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Respiratory Care Units

Known as: respiratory intensive care, Unit, Respiratory Care, Units, Respiratory Care 
The hospital unit in which patients with respiratory conditions requiring special attention receive intensive medical care and surveillance.
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Patients with respiratory failure increase ambulation after transfer to an intensive care unit where early activity is a priority
Objective:Ambulation of patients with acute respiratory failure may be unnecessarily limited in the acute intensive care setting… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Early physiotherapy in the respiratory intensive care unit.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The symptom burden of chronic critical illness*
Objective:To assess self-reported symptom burden of chronic critical illness. Design:Prospective cohort study. Setting… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Incidence and causes of non-invasive mechanical ventilation failure after initial success.
BACKGROUND The rate of failure of non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Hospital Ventilation and Risk for Tuberculous Infection in Canadian Health Care Workers
Tuberculosis in health care workers was considered of historic interest only (1) until the early 1990s, when the occurrence of… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Efficacy and compliance with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in patients with chronic respiratory failure.
STUDY OBJECTIVES Previous studies have shown the acute effects of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in chronic… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia: comparing adult critical-care populations.
The purpose of the study was to examine risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia in the surgical and medical/respiratory intensive… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Efficacy of chest radiography in a respiratory intensive care unit. A prospective study.
A prospective study of chest radiographic examinations in a respiratory intensive care unit was conducted to determine the… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Respiratory Intensive Care
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Impact of the respiratory intensive care unit on survival of patients with acute respiratory failure.
Most physicians deeply involved in the treatment of patients with respiratory failure are convinced that special facilities… 
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