Endotracheal extubation refers to the removal of an endotracheal tube from the trachea. This procedure is commonly performed in operating rooms, postanesthesia care units, and intensive care units.

Our model indicates that a set of PrO variables (age ≥6 months and absence of the following: prematurity, congestive heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension) was predictive of successful early ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Stopping enteral nutrition hours before an attempt at extubation didn't reduce risk of failure of extubation, a randomized trial showed. Continued enteral nutrition until extubation ...

Glenview, IL (Oct. 24, 2016)--The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have published new guidelines for discontinuing mechanical ventilation in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ICU patients spent less time in the ICU following adoption of twice-daily extubation readiness assessments. A ...

A multidisciplinary team designed a clinical pathway that improved institutional practice and quality of care. Unsuccessful extubation can increase critical care unit and hospital length of stay, ...

Boston, Mass – Guidelines that reduce the use of mechanical ventilation with premature infants in favor of a gentler form of respiratory support can profoundly affect those children's outcomes while ...

NPPV has been progressively implemented in our tertiary care university PICU since 1997. Our unit is composed of 18 beds, receiving patients from the neonatal period until the age of 17 yrs. We ...

Noninvasive ventilation reduces the need for intubation compared to standard medical care in adults with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Lancet. 2000;355:1931-1935; ...

New guidelines for discontinuing mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults have been published by researchers. The goal of the guidelines is to help physicians and other health care ...