AIM To compare T-tube and pressure support ventilation (PSV) as two methods of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. METHODS A randomized prospective study included 260 patients who received mechanical ventilation for more than 48 h, and who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at Dr. Josip Bencevic General Hospital in Slavonski Brod, between August 1999 and October 2000. Af...

it is a great pleasure to receive two valuable comments about our article regarding sudden cardiac death (scd) in young athletes from two well known experts working in the field of preparticipation evaluation and prevention of sports injuries. we, as authors, generally agree with both authors' comments. however, some considerations should be re-emphasized here. .....

The data were collected from 1992 to 2009 in Burri, White Boni and Black Boni sheep maintained at the Regional Research Station in the Central Highlands of Yemen. Data were analyzed to study the effects of environmental and genetic factors on body weight and growth rate from birth to weaning. The least square means for body weights (BW) were 2.54, 2.18 and 2.26 kg for birth; 12.49, 10.58 and 11...

This research examined age and method of weaning in a sample of 179 women who practiced extended breastfeeding. The average age for weaning was between 2 years 6 months and 3 years 0 months and ranged from 1 month to 7 years 4 months. Fourteen women had each weaned at least three children, and the youngest children were significantly older at the time of weaning than were their older siblings. ...

Numerous studies have documented the cariogenic effects of prolonged or nocturnal bottle feeding in children. Guidelines prepared by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggest that pediatricians advise parents to begin bottle weaning when their child is approximately nine months of age and accomplish weaning soon after the first birthday. However, little information exists concerning the ...

BACKGROUND The recommended age of introduction of solids food to the diet of infants (weaning) has recently been increased in the UK to 6 months, but most babies are still weaned before the age of 4 months. AIMS To examine what predicts the age of weaning and how this relates to weight gain and morbidity using data from a population based cohort. METHODS Parents of 923 term infants born in ...

Weanling pigs (n = 176), 21 to 26 d of age (average initial weight, 7.1 kg), were used to evaluate the effects of weaning time (evening vs morning) and feeding time (immediate vs delayed) on postweaning performance. Pigs were randomly allotted within litters to four treatments in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement as follows: 1) weaning at 2000 with immediate feeding, 2) weaning at 2000 with 12-h de...

BACKGROUND The right nutrition from the start of a pregnancy to the child's second birthday has a profound impact on the future health, wellbeing, and success of a child. This can be achieved through proper maternal nutrition during pregnancy, exclusive breastfeeding, and appropriate weaning practice. OBJECTIVE This study was aimed at assessing appropriate weaning practice and associated fact...

Adaptive support ventilation (ASV) is a closed-loop ventilation mode that can act both as pressure support ventilation (PSV) and pressure-controlled ventilation. Weaning with ASV shows promising results, mainly in post-cardiac surgery patients. The aim of the present randomised controlled study was to test the hypothesis that weaning with ASV could reduce the weaning duration in patients with c...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the generalizability of stringent protocol-driven weaning in improving total duration of opioid treatment and length of inpatient hospital stay after treatment of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of 981 infants who completed pharmacologic treatment of NAS with methadone or morphine from January 2012 through August ...