Assessment of weaning failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients under mechanical ventilation in Zagazig University Hospitals
Background: It was reported that nearly twenty percent of all initial weaning trials in mechanically ventilated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients failed, which may lead to prolonged mechanical ventilation and expose the patient to hazardous complications such as ventilator associated pn...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763816300140 |