Work of Breathing as a Predictor of Failure to Wean from Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Abstract
For the vast majority of patients who require mechanical ventilation, withdrawal of ventilatory support and extubation is straightforward and easily accomplished. However, those patients who have required prolonged ventilatory support and especially those with severe baseline pulmonary disease can present a particular problem. It is not always clinically evident when the patient is ready to be removed from ventilatory support. Extubation before the patient is prepared to support his own ventilatory demands can result in respiratory failure, and the requirement for reintubation and placement back on the ventilator
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA268432
Entities
People
- Jack Depriest