Page 576 - Clinical Application of Mechanical Ventilation

542 Chapter 16

Vallverdú, I., Calaf, N., Subirana, M., Net, A., Benito, S., & Mancebo, J. (1998). Clinical characteristics, respi-
ratory functional parameters, and outcome of a two-hour T-piece trial in patients weaning from mechanical
ventilation. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, 158(6), 1855–1862.

Vassilakopoulos, T., Zakynthinos, S., & Roussos, C. (1996). Respiratory muscles and weaning failure. European
Respiratory Journal, 9(11), 2383–2400.
Vassilakopoulos, T., Zakynthinos, S., & Roussos, C. (1998). The tension-time index and the frequency/tidal
volume ratio are the major pathophysiologic determinants of weaning failure and success. American Journal of
Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, 158(2), 378–385.
Walsh, T. S., Dodds, S., & McArdle, F. (2004). Evaluation of simple criteria to predict successful weaning from
mechanical ventilation in intensive care patients. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 92(6), 793–799.
Yang, K. L., & Tobin, M. J. (1991). A prospective study of indexes predicting the outcome of trials of weaning
from mechanical ventilation. New England Journal of Medicine, 324, 1445–1450.

Additional Resources

Terminal Weaning
American Thoracic Society Medical Section of the American Lung Association. (1991). Withholding and
withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy. American Review of Respiratory Disease, 144, 726–731.
Ankrom, M., Zelesnick, L., Barofsky, I., Georas, S., Finucane, T. E., & Greenough, W. B. (2001). Elective
discontinuation of life-sustaining mechanical ventilation on a chronic ventilator unit. Journal of American
Geriatrics, 49(11), 1549–1554.

Bone, R. C., Rackow, E. C., & Weg, J. G. (1990). ACCP/SCCM consensus panel: Ethical and moral guide-
lines for the initiation, continuation and withdrawal of intensive care. CHEST Journal, 97, 949–958.
Campbell, M. L., Bizek, K. S., & Thill, M. (1999). Patient responses during rapid terminal weaning from
mechanical ventilation: A prospective study. Critical Care Medicine, 27(1), 73–77.
Fair allocation of intensive care unit resources. (1997). Official Statement of the American Thoracic Society.
American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, 156, 1282–1301.
Gilligan, T., & Raffin, T. A. (1996). Withdrawing life support: Extubation and prolonged terminal weans are
inappropriate. Critical Care Medicine, 24(2), 352–353.
Ho, K. (2007). Combining sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) with acute physiology and chronic
health evaluation (APACHE) II score to predict hospital mortality of critically ill patients. Anaesthesia and
Intensive Care, 35, 515–521.
Robb, Y. A. (1997). Ethical considerations relating to terminal weaning in intensive care. Intensive Critical
Care Nursing, 13(3), 156–162.
Soo Hoo, & Park, L. (2002). Weaning parameters: A survey of respiratory therapists. CHEST Journal, 121(6),
1947–1955.

Copyright 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s).
Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.