Characteristics and Outcomes of Ventilated Patients According to Time to Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation

Peñuelas, Óscar; Frutos–Vivar, Fernando; Fernández, Cristina; Anzueto, Antonio; K. Epstein, Scott; Apezteguía, Carlos; González, Marco; Nín, Nicolás; Raymondos, Konstantinos; Tomicić, Vinko; Desmery, Pablo; M. Arabi, Yaseen; Pelosi, Paolo; Kuiper, Michaël; Jibaja, Manuel; Matamis, Dimitros; D. Ferguson, Niall; Esteban, Andrés

doi:10.1164/rccm.201011-1887oc

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Characteristics and Outcomes of Ventilated Patients According to Time to Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • May 26, 2011

Authors:

Óscar Peñuelas

Fernando Frutos–Vivar

Cristina Fernández

Abstract

RATIONALE: A new classification of patients based on the duration of liberation of mechanical ventilation has been proposed. OBJECTIVES: To analyze outcomes based on the new weaning classification in a cohort of mechanically ventilated patients. METHODS: Secondary analysis included 2,714 patients wh...

Subject

Medicine

Mechanical ventilation

Weaning

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