TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 33. Chronic Ventilator Facilities A1 - Nava, Stefano A1 - Vitacca, Michele A2 - Tobin, Martin J. PY - 2013 T2 - Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e AB - Chronic ventilator facilities (CVFs) are meant to be “protected” environments for the treatment of patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation. Numerous words are included under the umbrella of CVFs: long-term acute care facilities, respiratory special care units, chronic ventilator-dependent units, regional weaning centers, ventilator-dependent rehabilitation hospitals, prolonged respiratory care units, noninvasive respiratory care units, high-dependency units, and respiratory intensive care units. And this is without even considering nursing homes and hospice care. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57071440 ER -