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Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH

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ABC Trial – Objectives<br />

• To determine the efficacy and safety of<br />

a protocol combining<br />

spontaneous daily interruption awakenings of sedatives trials and (SATs) and<br />

spontaneous breathing trials (SBTs)<br />

• Ventilator-free days<br />

• ICU and hospital length of stay<br />

• Survival<br />

• Duration of coma and delirium<br />

• Long-term neuropsychological outcomes

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