Sedation and weaning from mechanical ventilation: time for ‘best practice’ to catch up with new realities?

Giorgio Conti; Jean Mantz; Dan Longrois; Peter Tonner

doi:10.4081/mrm.2014.380

Sedation and weaning from mechanical ventilation: time for ‘best practice’ to catch up with new realities?

Authors

Giorgio Conti Department of Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome
Jean Mantz Anesthesiology Department, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris
Dan Longrois Département d’Anesthésie Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Université Paris-Diderot, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Nord Val de Seine, Paris
Peter Tonner Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine Hospital Links der Weser GmbH, Bremen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.380

Keywords:

Intensive care, Mechanical ventilation, Sedation, Weaning

Abstract

Delivery of sedation in anticipation of weaning of adult patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation is an arena of critical care medicine where opinion-based practice is currently hard to avoid because robust evidence is lacking. We offer some views on this subject, hoping to stimulate debate among colleagues.

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29-08-2014

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Vol. 9 (2014)

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Reviews

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How to Cite

Conti G, Mantz J, Longrois D, Tonner P. Sedation and weaning from mechanical ventilation: time for ‘best practice’ to catch up with new realities?. Multidiscip Respir Med [Internet]. 2014 Aug. 29 [cited 2024 Jul. 4];9(1). Available from: https://mrmjournal.org/index.php/mrm/article/view/380

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