Inmaculada Alía

TL;DR: Survival among mechanically ventilated patients depends not only on the factors present at the start of mechanical ventilation, but also on the development of complications and patient management in the intensive care unit.

TL;DR: A prospective, randomized, multicenter study involving 546 patients who had received mechanical ventilation for a mean of 7.5±6.1 days and who were considered by their physicians to be ready for weaning, randomly assigned to undergo one of four weaning techniques.

TL;DR: Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation does not prevent the need for reintubation or reduce mortality in unselected patients who have respiratory failure after extubation.

TL;DR: The primary indications for Mechanical ventilation and the ventilator settings were remarkably similar across countries, but the selection of modes of mechanical ventilation and methods of weaning varied considerably from country to country.

TL;DR: Spontaneous breathing trials with pressure support or T-tube are suitable methods for successful discontinuation of ventilator support in patients without problems to resume spontaneous breathing.