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Extubation Failure

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Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2000

Part of the book series: Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((YEARBOOK,volume 2000))

Abstract

There are two elements to liberating a patient from mechanical ventilation. The first element, often termed ‘weaning’, consists of readiness testing and progressive withdrawal. Investigators have focused on when readiness testing can be started [1, 2] and which mode of ventilator support best accelerates the process of progressive withdrawal [3–5]. Ultimately, these efforts result in extubation, the removal of the translaryngeal endotracheal tube. Until recently, extubation received little attention, being perceived as a simple and automatic step at the end of the weaning process. Unfortunately, many investigators combine weaning and extubation failure into a single entity. In reality these are distinct processes with discrete pathophysiological causes and unique outcomes.

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  1. Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent (Head Department of Intensive Care) (Head Department of Intensive Care)

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Epstein, S.K. (2000). Extubation Failure. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2000. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 2000. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13455-9_27

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