Liberation from mechanical ventilation: a decade of progress

Authors

C A. Manthous, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Bridgeport Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine, Conn 06610, USA.Follow
G A. SchmidtFollow
J B. Hall

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Chest

Abstract

Multiple complications associated with mechanical ventilation mandate that clinicians expeditiously define and reverse the pathophysiologic processes that precipitate respiratory failure and then, detect the earliest point that a patient can breathe without the ventilator. Over the past decade, numerous laboratory and clinical studies have been reported that may inform transformation of the "art of weaning" to the science of liberation. We review these studies and use them to formulate a systematic approach to assure early, safe, and successful liberation of patients from mechanical ventilation.

First Page

886

Last Page

901

DOI

10.1378/chest.114.3.886

Publication Date

9-1-1998

Recommended Citation

Manthous, C A.; Schmidt, G A.; and Hall, J B., "Liberation from mechanical ventilation: a decade of progress" (1998). Critical Care. 70.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/critical_care/70

Identifier

9743181 (pubmed); 10.1378/chest.114.3.886 (doi); S0012-3692(16)32595-8 (pii)