Weaning older patients from long-term mechanical ventilation: a pilot study

• Published in: American journal of critical care Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 369 - 377
• Main Authors: Epstein, Carol Diane, El-Mokadem, Naglaa, Peerless, Joel R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 01.07.2002; American Association of Critical - Care Nurses
• Subjects: Aged; Aged patients; Aged, 80 and over; Artificial respiration; Care and treatment; Critical Care - methods; Female; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Intubation; Male; Methods; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Physiologic - nursing; Nursing; Pilot Projects; Safety and security measures; Time; Trachea; Ventilator weaning; Ventilator Weaning - methods; Ventilator Weaning - nursing; United States

As older persons in the intensive care unit increasingly require long-term mechanical ventilation, accurate indications of readiness for weaning from ventilatory support are needed to avoid premature extubation. To describe temporal changes in pulmonary and systemic variables in older adults receivi...