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Title
Improved outcomes with routine respiratory therapist evaluation of non-intensive-care-unit surgery patients.
Authors
Harbrecht, Brian G; Delgado, Edgar; Tuttle, Raymond P; Cohen-Melamed, Mark H; Saul, Melissa I; Valenta, Cynthia A
Abstract
Respiratory therapist (RT) driven protocols decrease ventilator days and resource utilization in the intensive care unit (ICU). Protocols have been studied in non-ICU settings, but their effect on mortality has been incompletely studied.