Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5885649 | Journal of Critical Care | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Prolonged mechanical ventilation patients occupied 11% of Canadian acute care ventilator bed capacity. Most units preferred an individualized approach to weaning and mobilization with considerable variation in weaning methods, protocol availability, access to specialized rehabilitation equipment, communication technology, psychiatry, and discharge follow-up.
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Authors
Louise RN, PhD, Robert A. MD, MSc, Eddy MD, PhD, Ian MD, FRCP, David MD, FRCP, Cathy RN, MSc, Cheryl MSc, Gordon MD, MSc, the CANuVENT group the CANuVENT group,