October 16, 2006 -- A computer-driven system for weaning from mechanical ventilation is effective in reducing duration of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay, according ...

Objective: To compare the overall performance of specially trained neonatal nurses acting autonomously, unsupervised, and without a protocol with specialist registrars when weaning neonates from ...

More than half of the participants in a randomized, controlled trial experienced delirium at the start of mechanical ventilation weaning, according to study results. The researchers reported delirium ...

Patient-selected music during weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation could benefit patients by decreasing their heart rate and anxiety, according to a new study. Patient-selected music during ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A higher proportion of prolonged mechanical ventilation patients discharged alive achieved successful vs.

Post-acute care facilities must excel at weaning patients off ventilators. After all, what hospital wants to transfer a patient to a facility with mediocre weaning success rates, after its staff has ...

Several years ago our team was asked to establish a protocol for prolonged mechanical ventilation. Our unit at DeKalb Medical in Georgia specializes in mechanical ventilation. Patients receive ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Taiwanese doctors say the success of mechanical ventilation weaning can be improved by identifying patients with adrenal insufficiency. Dr. Horng-Chyuan Lin of Chang ...

(HealthDay News) — Listening to music has beneficial effects for patients being weaned from prolonged mechanical ventilation, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American ...

A Tennessee hospital reduced the amount of time patients required mechanical ventilation (MV) by nearly half, with a new standardized rounding tool that emphasizes weaning efforts. "Using a ...

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