Up to 20% of patients requiring mechanical ventilation will suffer from difficult weaning (the need of more than 7 days of weaning after the first spontaneous breathing trial), which may depend on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Atypical sleep electroencephalogram patterns were found in 11 of 44 ventilated patients. A greater ...

This weakness can lead to difficulties in weaning from the ventilator and extubation failure. Weaning is the process of gradually decreasing respiratory support until patients are able to breathe ...

While several factors have been identified to guide the process of weaning patients off MCS, there is still a lack of ...

Mechanical ventilation constitutes a large part of critical care and focuses on sustaining ventilatory functions in patients with acute respiratory failure. Despite being a life-saving process, ...