Abstract
Experience from an annual census of 859 patients in an intensive care unit has lead to the development of a special ventilation care facility. The average length of stay for patients with respiratory failure in the general unit has been 9.7 days, as compared with 2.2 and 4.6 days for individuals with other surgical and medical problems, respectively. The complicated multiple-system responses to ventilatory failure, particularly of the chronic chest disease patient, demand specialized equipment and experience at all levels of intensive care which are best served by a unit devoted exclusively to this type problem. It is anticipated that this will become as much a pattern of operation in all first-rate hospitals as have the general intensive care and coronary care units.
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