Assessment of weaning failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients under mechanical ventilation in Zagazig University Hospitals

Autor: Ghoneim, Adel Hassan A., El-Komy, Howida Mohammed A., Gad, Doaa Mostafa, Abbas, Ahmed Mohammed M.
Zdroj: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis; January 2017, Vol. 66 Issue: 1 p65-74, 10p
Abstrakt: It was reported that nearly twenty percent of all initial weaning trials in mechanically ventilated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients failed, which may lead to prolonged mechanical ventilation and expose the patient to hazardous complications such as ventilator associated pneumonia, critical illness neuromuscular abnormalities and ICU psychosis rather than the complications of mechanical ventilation itself.
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