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Showing posts with label f/Vt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label f/Vt. Show all posts
Thursday, May 24, 2018

You Have No Idea of the Predictive Value of Weaning Parameters for Extubation Success, and You Probably Never Will

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As Dr. O'brien eloquently described in this post , many people misunderstand the Yang-Tobin (f/Vt) index as being a "weaning para...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Bite the Bullet and Pull It: The NIKE approach to extubation.

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I was very pleased to see McConville and Kress' Review article in the NEJM this week (December 6, 2012 issue) regarding wea...
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Monday, December 31, 2007

Is there any place for the f/Vt (the Yang-Tobin index) in today's ICU?

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Recently, Tobin and Jubran performed an eloquent re-analysis of the value of “weaning predictor tests” (Crit Care Med 2008; 36: 1). In an a...
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