Evidence-Based Guidelines for Weaning and Discontinuing Ventilatory Support*

TL;DR: Compared to traditional time-cycled, pressure-limited ventilation, during volume-controlled ventilation, a nearly constant tidal volume is delivered with reducing volutrauma and the episodes of hypoxemia during pressure-regulated, volume controlled ventilation in VLBW infants with respiratory distress syndrome.

TL;DR: In this article, a case study describes the beliefs and practices of faculty members in an academically strong program in view of developing critical thinking, which is imperative for good practice during the professional training of respiratory therapists.

TL;DR: Op de ic van de Reinier de Graaf Groep in Delft proberen the authors de ontwenningsduur te bekorten door gebruik te maken van SmartCare, een voor de Evita XL ontwikkeld en wetenschappelijk onderbouwd kennissysteem op het gebied van weanen.

TL;DR: The patient is a 28-year-old man whose acute onset of shortness of breath and vague chest pain began shortly after completing a 10-hour auto trip, and the physician is very apprehensive about his symptoms.

TL;DR: You are back where you were in the previous article1 on diagnostic tests: in the library studying an article that will guide you in interpreting ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) lung scans.

TL;DR: Daily screening of the respiratory function of adults receiving mechanical ventilation, followed by trials of spontaneous breathing in appropriate patients and notification of their physicians when the trials were successful, can reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation and the cost of intensive care and is associated with fewer complications than usual care.

TL;DR: A prospective, randomized, multicenter study involving 546 patients who had received mechanical ventilation for a mean of 7.5±6.1 days and who were considered by their physicians to be ready for weaning, randomly assigned to undergo one of four weaning techniques.