ICU Vivas · Advanced respiratory support
Clinical viva — your approach to weaning from mechanical ventilation
A clinical viva on the structured approach to weaning — the daily readiness, the SBT, the Esteban evidence, the RSBI, the difficult-to-wean patient, and the tracheostomy question.
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A clinical viva on the structured approach to weaning — the daily readiness, the SBT, the Esteban evidence, the RSBI, the difficult-to-wean patient, and the tracheostomy question.
The question
"Take me through your approach to weaning a patient from mechanical ventilation."[1]
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- [1]Esteban A, Frutos F, Tobin MJ, et al. A comparison of four methods of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. New England Journal of Medicine, 1995.PMID 7823995
- [2]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.