id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-293093-cq43592t Ismaeil, Taha Survival of mechanically ventilated patients admitted to intensive care units: Results from a tertiary care center between 2016-2018 2019-08-17 .txt text/plain 3685 168 39 OBJECTIVES: To estimate the survival of adult and pediatric patients receiving mechanical ventilation and determine the associated risk factors METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was carried out in the intensive care unit (ICU) at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) and King Abdullah Children's Specialist Hospital (KACSH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [1] [2] [3] Thus, many observational studies have examined the use of mechanical ventilation and its associated outcomes, some of which have focused on estimating the mortality rate and identifying the factors related to the survival of patients who received mechanical ventilation. 8, 10 In Saudi Arabia, many studies have examined the mortality outcome of patients admitted to ICUs; however, some of those studies have evaluated the outcome of patients receiving mechanical ventilation for specific indications, such as with severe respiratory conditions, 11, 12 or have focused on a specific population such as that with a hematological malignancy. ./cache/cord-293093-cq43592t.txt ./txt/cord-293093-cq43592t.txt