The day of extubation is a critical time during an intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Extubation is
usually decided after a weaning readiness test involving spontaneous breathing on a T …

Background The British Thoracic Society (BTS) published the guideline,'The use of non-
invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure', in 2002. 1 This was in response to trials …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the initial 1996 American Thoracic Society (ATS) guideline
on nosocomial pneumonia, a number of new developments have appeared, mandating a …

Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease | NHLBI/WHO Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) …

Patients require mechanical ventilatory support when the ventilatory and/or gas exchange
capabilities of their respiratory system fail. This failure can be the result of processes both …

This report updates, expands, and replaces the previously published CDC" Guideline for
Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia". The new guidelines are designed to reduce the …

Noninvasive ventilation refers to the delivery of mechanical ventilation to the lungs using
techniques that do not require an endotracheal airway. During the first half of the 20th …

Abstract The Task Force reviewed and discussed the available literature on the
effectiveness of physiotherapy for acute and chronic critically ill adult patients. Evidence from …

Non-invasive mechanical ventilation has been increasingly used to avoid or serve as an
alternative to intubation. Compared with medical therapy, and in some instances with …

Context Theory and simulation suggest that randomized controlled trials (RCTs) stopped
early for benefit (truncated RCTs) systematically overestimate treatment effects for the …