Neurological research
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Neurological research · Nov 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialProtocol-directed weaning from mechanical ventilation in neurological patients: a randomised controlled trial and subgroup analyses based on consciousness.
To assess whether a weaning protocol reduces the mechanical ventilation (MV) duration compared to physician's judgement-based weaning in neurological patients and to determine whether patient consciousness influences this reduction. ⋯ Protocol-directed weaning reduces weaning time, MV duration, length of NCU stay and NCU cost in neurological patients, and these effects are more significant in conscious patients than in unconscious patients.