Salvador Benito

TL;DR: In selected patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, noninvasive ventilation can reduce the need for endotracheal intubation, the length of the hospital stay, and the in-hospital mortality rate.

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: A randomized trial in three intensive care units in mechanically ventilated patients who met standard weaning criteria found a lower number of failures was found with PSV than with the other two modes, with the difference just reaching the level of significance.

TL;DR: In this group of patients, the ability to cough and clear respiratory secretions, objectively reflected by MEP, may help in clinical decision-making.