Methods - Data Collected

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Methods - Data Collected
Methods - Data Collected
Demographic information
Underlying Illnesses
Reason for intubation
Severity of illness score
On each ventilator day, the primary impediment to weaning was documented for each and every patient
unresolved underlying process
FIO2>50% to maintain SaO2>90%
PEEP>5 mmHg to maintain SaO2>90%
expired minute ventilation > 15 l/min
patient not over breathing the ventilator,
shock
cardiac ischemia
stroke expected to interfere with weaning,
active seizures
airway obstruction
excess sedation
excess secretions
“other”