When to wean from a ventilator: An evidence-based strategy

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 389-400

  Frutos Vivar, Fernando ^a   Esteban, Andrés ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING MECHANICS; COUGHING; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OXYGENATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; T TUBE; WEANING;

EID: 0038784328     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.70.5.389     Document Type: Review

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