The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · May 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyProtocol-directed versus physician-directed weaning from noninvasive ventilation: the impact in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV), a technique widely used in intensive care units (ICUs), eliminates the need for many patients in respiratory failure to undergo intubation. However, few articles have described how to wean patients from NIV. Herein, we put forward a protocol to be performed by respiratory therapists to wean patients from NIV. ⋯ II.