Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuing ventilatory support: a collective task force facilitated by the American College of Chest Physicians; the American Association for Respiratory Care; and the American College of Critical Care Medicine

Chest. 2001 Dec;120(6 Suppl):375S-95S. doi: 10.1378/chest.120.6_suppl.375s.

Authors

N R MacIntyre¹, D J Cook, E W Ely Jr, S K Epstein, J B Fink, J E Heffner, D Hess, R D Hubmayer, D J Scheinhorn; American College of Chest Physicians; American Association for Respiratory Care; American College of Critical Care Medicine

Affiliation

¹ Duke University Medical Center, Box 3911, Durham, NC 27710, USA. neil.macintyre@duke.edu

PMID: 11742959
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.6_suppl.375s

No abstract available

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference
Guideline
Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

Evidence-Based Medicine*
Humans
Long-Term Care
Postoperative Care
Predictive Value of Tests
Respiration, Artificial* / methods
Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*
Respiratory Mechanics / physiology
Respiratory Muscles / physiology
Time Factors
Tracheotomy
Ventilator Weaning*