The purpose of this study was to determine bedside criteria for discontinuation of
mechanical ventilation. The resting minute ventilation (MV), maximal voluntary ventilation …

Multiple complications associated with mechanical ventilation mandate that clinicians
expeditiously define and reverse the pathophysiologic processes that precipitate respiratory …

Background. The traditional predictors of the outcome of weaning from mechanical
ventilation—minute ventilation (VE) and maximal inspiratory pressure (P1max)—are …

Background Prompt recognition of the reversal of respiratory failure may permit earlier
discontinuation of mechanical ventilation, without harm to the patient. Methods We …

Abstract Weaning from Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation Criteria THE criteria for the
discontinuation of controlled ventilation are the converse of those for the institution of …

Background Weaning patients from mechanical ventilation is an important problem in
intensive care units. Weaning is usually conducted in an empirical manner, and a …

We studied eleven patients during 14 attempts at weaning from mechanical ventilation to
determine whether central ventilatory drive, measured as airway occlusion pressure 0.1 s …

We measured oxygen consumption (VO2) during spontaneous breathing with continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP), assist control ventilation (AC), and control ventilation …

Rationale: A new classification of patients based on the duration of liberation of mechanical
ventilation has been proposed. Objectives: To analyze outcomes based on the new weaning …

Discontinuation of mechanical ventilation is too frequently difficult and frustrating for the
patient and the clinician alike. With the view that expeditious withdrawal of mechanical …