Pre-admission air pollution exposure prolongs the duration of ventilation in intensive care patients

Volume: 46, Issue: 6, Pages: 1204 - 1212
Published: Mar 17, 2020
Abstract
Air pollutant exposure constitutes a serious risk factor for the emergence or aggravation of (existing) pulmonary disease. The impact of pre-intensive care ambient air pollutant exposure on the duration of artificial ventilation was, however, not yet established. The medical records of 2003 patients, admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Antwerp University Hospital (Flanders, Belgium), who were artificially ventilated on ICU admission...
Paper Details
Title
Pre-admission air pollution exposure prolongs the duration of ventilation in intensive care patients
Published Date
Mar 17, 2020
Volume
46
Issue
6
Pages
1204 - 1212
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