Use of weaning protocols for reducing duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill adult patients: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Use of weaning protocols for reducing duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill adult patients: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMJ. 2011;342:c7237

Authors: Blackwood B, Alderdice F, Burns K, Cardwell C, Lavery G, O'Halloran P

To investigate the effects of weaning protocols on the total duration of mechanical ventilation, mortality, adverse events, quality of life, weaning duration, and length of stay in the intensive care unit and hospital.

PMID: 21233157 [PubMed - in process]

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