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