Abstract
Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) and protracted and weaning after critical illness is rising. The consequences are higher Intensive Care Unit (ICU) costs and length of hospital stay. Weaning Unit (WU) with a multidisciplinary expert team may facilitate weaning and hospital discharge.
Highlights
Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) and protracted and weaning after critical illness is rising
We retrospectively reviewed medical records of tracheostomized and clinically stable Intensive Care Unit (ICU) adults patients who required PMV (> 21 days) and weaning (> 7 days) and were transferred to a Weaning Unit (WU) or a general ward (GW) over a 8-year period (2007-2014) after critical illness
In total 66 records of patients discharged from ICU were analysed
Summary
Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) and protracted and weaning after critical illness is rising. Weaning Unit (WU) with a multidisciplinary expert team may facilitate weaning and hospital discharge
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