The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 948-953 , October 2009

Prolonged mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery: Outcome and predictors

  • Jean-Louis Trouillet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Réanimation Médicale, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Jean-Louis Trouillet, MD, Réanimation Médicale, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, 47–83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.
    • ,
  • Alain Combes, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Réanimation Médicale, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Elisabeth Vaissier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Département d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Charles-Edouard Luyt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Réanimation Médicale, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Alexandre Ouattara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Département d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Alain Pavie, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire Pr Gandjbakhch, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Jean Chastre, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Réanimation Médicale, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Received 20 February 2009 ,Revised 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 31 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.034

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 948-953 , October 2009

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