Mechanical ventilation for very elderly patients with severe pneumonia.
1 Department of Nursing, Tenshindo Hetsugi Hospital , Oita, Japan .
Miyuki
M
Mitamura
Kosaku
K
Komiya
Hiromi
H
Watanabe
Jun-ichi
J
Kadota
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D060666:Airway Extubation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome