Mechanical ventilation in obese ICU patients: from intubation to extubation

Audrey De Jong; Gerald Chanques; Samir Jaber

doi:10.1186/s13054-017-1641-1

Mechanical ventilation in obese ICU patients: from intubation to extubation

Crit Care. 2017 Mar 21;21(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1641-1.

Authors

Audrey De Jong^{1

2}, Gerald Chanques^{1

2}, Samir Jaber^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesia and Critical Care Department, Saint Eloi Teaching Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Intensive Care Unit, 80 avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295, Montpellier, Cedex 5, France.
² CNRS UMR 9214, INSERM U1046, Montpellier, France.
³ Anesthesia and Critical Care Department, Saint Eloi Teaching Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Intensive Care Unit, 80 avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295, Montpellier, Cedex 5, France. s-jaber@chu-montpellier.fr.
⁴ CNRS UMR 9214, INSERM U1046, Montpellier, France. s-jaber@chu-montpellier.fr.

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017. Other selected articles can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/annualupdate2017 . Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901 .

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Airway Extubation / methods*
Airway Extubation / trends
Humans
Intensive Care Units / organization & administration
Intubation, Intratracheal / methods*
Intubation, Intratracheal / trends
Obesity / therapy*
Respiration, Artificial / methods*
Respiration, Artificial / standards