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Weaning unit and prolonged mechanical ventilation after critical illness

Jose Alfonso Rubio Mateo-Sidrón, Eliana Gonzalez, J Rubio Quiñones, Rafael Sierra Camerino, F. Carmona Espinazo, Francisco Fuentes Morillas

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Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) and protracted and weaning after critical illness is rising. The consequences are higher Intensive Care Unit (ICU) costs and length of hospital stay. Weaning Unit (WU) with a multidisciplinary expert team may facilitate weaning and hospital discharge.

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Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) and protracted and weaning after critical illness is rising. The consequences are higher Intensive Care Unit (ICU) costs and length of hospital stay. Weaning Unit (WU) with a multidisciplinary expert team may facilitate weaning and hospital discharge.

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Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) and protracted and weaning after critical illness is rising. The consequences are higher Intensive Care Unit (ICU) costs and length of hospital stay. Weaning Unit (WU) with a multidisciplinary expert team may facilitate weaning and hospital discharge.

Key concepts: Medicine, Mechanical ventilation, Critical illness, Intensive care unit, Intensive care medicine, Weaning, Emergency medicine, Ventilation (architecture)

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