Simple motor tasks independently predict extubation failure in critically ill neurological patients

Simple motor tasks independently predict extubation failure in critically ill neurological patients

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of simple motor tasks such as hand grasping and tongue protrusion as predictors of extubation failure in critically ill neurological patients. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study conducted in the neurological ICU of a tertiary care hospital i...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Machado Kutchak, Marcelo de Mello Rieder, Josué Almeida Victorino, Carla Meneguzzi, Karla Poersch, Luiz Alberto Forgiarini Junior, Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:
Desmame do respirador
Extubação/efeitos adversos
Cuidados críticos
Neurocirurgia
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