Patients characteristics and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation after critical illness transferred to a weaning unit
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Introduction Recent trends seem to point out that growing numbers of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) and protracted weaning after critical illness with eventually account for a large portion of all Intensive Care Unit (ICU) cost and bed occupancy. Specialized Weaning Unit (WU), may facilitate weaning through focused multidisciplinary expert team, but due to considerable variability of interventions and organization outcomes remain unclear.
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