"Ventilator Weaning" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Techniques for effecting the transition of the respiratory-failure patient from mechanical ventilation to spontaneous ventilation, while meeting the criteria that tidal volume be above a given threshold (greater than 5 ml/kg), respiratory frequency be below a given count (less than 30 breaths/min), and oxygen partial pressure be above a given threshold (PaO2 greater than 50mm Hg). Weaning studies focus on finding methods to monitor and predict the outcome of mechanical ventilator weaning as well as finding ventilatory support techniques which will facilitate successful weaning. Present methods include intermittent mandatory ventilation, intermittent positive pressure ventilation, and mandatory minute volume ventilation.
| Descriptor ID |
D015300
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.041.625.950 E02.880.820.950
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| Concept/Terms |
Ventilator Weaning- Ventilator Weaning
- Weaning, Ventilator
- Respirator Weaning
- Weaning, Respirator
- Mechanical Ventilator Weaning
- Ventilator Weaning, Mechanical
- Weaning, Mechanical Ventilator
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventilator Weaning" by people in Profiles.
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Management of sedation during weaning from mechanical ventilation. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2025 Feb 01; 31(1):78-85.
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Response. Chest. 2017 06; 151(6):1400-1401.
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An Official American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline: Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults. Rehabilitation Protocols, Ventilator Liberation Protocols, and Cuff Leak Tests. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 01 01; 195(1):120-133.
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Official Executive Summary of an American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline: Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 01 01; 195(1):115-119.
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Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults: An Official American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Inspiratory Pressure Augmentation During Spontaneous Breathing Trials, Protocols Minimizing Sedation, and Noninvasive Ventilation Immediately After Extubation. Chest. 2017 Jan; 151(1):166-180.
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Rapid awakening protocol in complex head and neck reconstruction. Head Neck. 2015 Apr; 37(4):464-70.
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Optimizing evidence-based ICU sedation*. Crit Care Med. 2013 Aug; 41(8):2051-2.
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Weaning patients from the ventilator. N Engl J Med. 2013 03 14; 368(11):1068-9.
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Weaning patients from the ventilator. N Engl J Med. 2012 Dec 06; 367(23):2233-9.
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Bronchoscopic intervention obviates the need for continued mechanical ventilation in patients with airway obstruction and respiratory failure from inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer. Respiration. 2012; 84(1):55-61.