Up to 20% of patients requiring mechanical ventilation will suffer from difficult weaning (the need of more than 7 days of weaning after the first spontaneous breathing trial), which may depend on ...

Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation provides a broad and in-depth coverage of key topics encountered in clinical practice, from the initial assessment of the patient to transportation of the ...

“NAVA gives the clinician a way to personalize not only the ventilation, but also the weaning process for adult patients 6. “And in a very recent multicenter randomized controlled ...

Objective: A systematic review of weaning and extubation for pediatric patients on mechanical ventilation. Data Selection: Pediatric and adult literature, English language. Study Selection ...

While several factors have been identified to guide the process of weaning patients off MCS, there is still a lack of ...

Mechanical ventilation constitutes a large part of critical care and focuses on sustaining ventilatory functions in patients with acute respiratory failure. Despite being a life-saving process, ...

Diaphragmatic pacing using AeroPace therapy is the first approved intervention proven to shorten the liberation process. This is a novel, effective step forward reducing patient time spent on the ...

This process requires close monitoring of ... the pandemic under Emergency Use Authorization, to help wean ventilator dependent patients at our institution,” commented Dr. Ali Ataya, Associate ...