Mechanical Ventilation Weaning

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Highlighted claims

• Nearly half of patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure need more than four days of ventilator support. — Randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded, multicentre international trial to evaluate the efficacy of the Ventfree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator to assist ventilator weaning in critically ill patients: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
• Each additional day of mechanical ventilation is associated with higher morbidity, mortality, and healthcare cost. — Randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded, multicentre international trial to evaluate the efficacy of the Ventfree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator to assist ventilator weaning in critically ill patients: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
• Expiratory muscle strength independently predicts successful extubation and delayed weaning. — Randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded, multicentre international trial to evaluate the efficacy of the Ventfree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator to assist ventilator weaning in critically ill patients: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
• Mechanical ventilation is associated with early respiratory and abdominal muscle loss in a substantial share of patients. — Randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded, multicentre international trial to evaluate the efficacy of the Ventfree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator to assist ventilator weaning in critically ill patients: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial