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Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation With and Without Pressure Support Ventilation in Weaning Patients With COPD From Mechanical Ventilation: Patients
This prospective study was designed for male COPD patients, intubated and mechanically ventilated because of an acute exacerbation of their disease. All patients exhibited clinically a chronic bronchitis defined as a productive cough with sputum production for 3 months per year for a 2-consecutive-year period (American Lung Association criteria and an irreversible chronic airflow limitation […]
Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation With and Without Pressure Support Ventilation in Weaning Patients With COPD From Mechanical Ventilation
The most critical time for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure (ARF) is the weaning period. Asthma inhalers online Link Patients with hyperinflation and/or bad nutritional status2 are obviously exposed to difficulties in recovering sustained spontaneous breathing. Indeed, patients with COPD often do not tolerate discontinuation of mechanical […]