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Invasive mechanical ventilation is a fundamental strategy to support the respiratory function when the patient can’t bear all the work of breathing required by his clinical condition [1, 2]. Even if it represents a life-saving treatment, mechanical ventilation is associated to many complications some of which can be life-threatening: ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP), upper airway diseases, respiratory muscle dysfunction, and atrophy [3–6]. Furthermore, it is also correlated to a prolonged length of stay in intensive care unit (ICU) and higher mortality [7].

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Buonanno, P., Vargas, M., Servillo, G. (2020). Weaning Mechanical Ventilation. In: Esquinas, A., Vargas, N. (eds) Ventilatory Support and Oxygen Therapy in Elder, Palliative and End-of-Life Care Patients . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26664-6_23

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