Weaning Management Reducing Ventilatory Support

Weaning from mechanical ventilation is the process of reducing ventilatory support which can result in in a patient breathing spontaneously and being extubated. When the original cause of respiratory failure has improved, this can be achieved rapidly in ∼80% of patients. The remaining cases will require a more gradual method of withdrawing ventilation.

The length of time on mechanical ventilation is directly correlated with the incidence of potentially serious complications such as ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and airway trauma.([FOOTNOTE=McLean, S. E., Jensen, L. A., Schroeder, D. G., Gibney, N. R., & Skjodt, N. M. Improving adherence to a mechanical ventilation weaning protocol for critically ill adults: outcomes after an implementation program. Am J Crit Care. 2006;15(3):299-309.],[ANCHOR=],[LINK=])

Discover below which monitoring products & solutions from Medtronic can help evaluating weaning readiness.