A Comparison of Four Methods of Weaning Patients from Mechanical Ventilation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 345-350

  Esteban, Andrés ^a   Frutos, Fernando ^a   Alía, Inmaculada ^a   de la Cal, Miguel A ^a   Tobin, Martin J ^b   Solsona, José F ^c   Valverdu, Valverdú ^d   Benito, Salvador ^d   Fernández, Rafael ^e   Tomás, Roser ^f   Carriedo, Demetrio ^g   Macías, Santiago ^h   Blanco, Jesús ⁱ  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology Hospital Del Mar   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^e Parc Taulí Health Corporation   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DE LEÓN   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL GENERAL DE SEGOVIA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT MANDATORY VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; WEANING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0028797262     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199502093320601     Document Type: Article

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