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"Wake Up and Breathe" Protocol Reduces Length of Stay in ICU
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Title "Wake Up and Breathe" Protocol Reduces Length of Stay in ICU
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574008?src=rss
Description The protocol benefits older patients on mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit as much as it does younger ones. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date May 6, 2008
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