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ICU Management

2024 11 Jun

  For intubated critically ill adults and children, minimising invasive mechanical ventilation to reduce complications is crucial. Early identification of when patients can safely transition to spontaneous breathing aims to shorten ventilation duration. However, clinicians must balance this with the risk of reintubation, which occurs in about 10%...Read more

ICU Management

2019 20 Jun

Over 1 million people patients throughout the world receive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure. The management of these critically ill patients and liberating them from invasive ventilation is one of the most important decisions clinicians have to make. Liberation from ventilation is also a major dilemma for clinicians because...Read more