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L Roventini, A Tomagnini, Francesco Giunta, P. Cosimini, M Di Nardo, and Francesco Forfori
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Mechanical ventilation ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Spontaneous ventilation ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Remifentanil ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Anesthesia ,medicine ,Breathing ,Midazolam ,Weaning ,business ,Abdominal surgery ,medicine.drug - Abstract
In this retrospective study, we evaluated two different modes of weaning: assisted spontaneous breathing (ASB) plus CPAP with automatic tube compensation (Evita 4, Draeger Medical, Germany) versus assisted spontaneous ventilation (ASV) (Galileo Gold, Hamilton Medical, Switzerland) in 80 patients who had undergone abdominal surgery. Our target was to assess differences in weaning times using different modes of assistance.
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- 2005
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