Provision of long-term mechanical ventilationD J Scheinhorn
Barlow Respiratory Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA
Crit Care Clin 14:819-32, viii. 1998
..Decannulation after success in weaning and continuation of ventilation at home are also addressed...
Liberation from prolonged mechanical ventilationDavid J Scheinhorn
Barlow Respiratory Research Center, 2000 Stadium Way, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA
Crit Care Clin 18:569-95. 2002
..In the mean time, "No one in our society is willing to put Grandma out on an iceberg because she's no longer contributing. Someone needs to take care of these people" [137]...
Outcomes in post-ICU mechanical ventilation: a therapist-implemented weaning protocolD J Scheinhorn
Barlow Respiratory Hospital and Research Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Chest 119:236-42. 2001
..A therapist-implemented patient-specific (TIPS) weaning protocol was developed at BRH to standardize weaning from PMV...
Post-ICU weaning from mechanical ventilation: the role of long-term facilitiesD J Scheinhorn
Barlow Respiratory Research Center, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA
Chest 120:482S-4S. 2001
..There is a uniformity of practice in finishing difficult weaning with self-breathing trials of increasing duration...
Weaning from mechanical ventilationD C Chao
Barlow Respiratory Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA
Crit Care Clin 14:799-817, viii. 1998
..Recent clinical trials, predictors of weaning, current techniques of weaning, the concept of reloading the respiratory pump, and determinants of ventilator dependency are all discussed...
Post-ICU mechanical ventilation at 23 long-term care hospitals: a multicenter outcomes studyDavid J Scheinhorn
Barlow Respiratory Hospital and Research Center, 2000 Stadium Way, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA
Chest 131:85-93. 2007
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Ventilator-dependent survivors of catastrophic illness transferred to 23 long-term care hospitals for weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilationDavid J Scheinhorn
Barlow Respiratory Hospital and Research Center, 2000 Stadium Way, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA
Chest 131:76-84. 2007
..This multicenter study was undertaken to characterize the population of ventilator-dependent patients admitted to long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) for weaning from mechanical ventilation...
The challenge of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a shared global experienceDavid C Chao
Respir Care 48:668-9. 2003
Look before you leapDavid C Chao
Crit Care Med 31:2808-9. 2003
Determining the best threshold of rapid shallow breathing index in a therapist-implemented patient-specific weaning protocolDavid C Chao
Barlow Respiratory Hospital and Barlow Respiratory Research Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Respir Care 52:159-65. 2007
..An acceleration step at the start of the protocol allowed patients with a rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) of < or = 80 to advance directly to spontaneous breathing trials (SBTs)...