Knowledge based weaning
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چکیده
Improving Intensive Care Unit (ICU) outcomes by reducing ventilator associated complications and ventilator days may warrant re-engineering the weaning process.1 Alternative methods which assist clinicians in organizing and implementing accurate weaning processes may shorten the duration of ventilator dependence and positively impact ICU outcomes.2 Knowledge based weaning (KBW) provides an alternative to the traditional weaning process.
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