Journal article
Predicting Success in Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation
Abstract
We identified 65 observational studies of weaning predictors that had been reported in 70 publications. After grouping predictors with similar names but different thresholds, the following predictors met our relevance criteria: heterogeneous populations, 51; COPD patients, 21; and cardiovascular ICU patients, 45. Many variables were of no use in predicting the results of weaning. Moreover, few variables had been studied in > 50 patients or had …
Authors
Meade M; Guyatt G; Cook D; Griffith L; Sinuff T; Kergl C; Mancebo J; Esteban A; Epstein S
Journal
CHEST Journal, Vol. 120, No. 6, pp. 400s–424s
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2001
DOI
10.1378/chest.120.6_suppl.400s
ISSN
0012-3692