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Short-Term Effects of Positive Expiratory Airway Pressure in Patients Being Weaned from Mechanical Ventilation

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility and the cardiorespiratory effects of using positive expiratory airway pressure, a physiotherapeutic tool, in comparison with a T-tube, to wean patients from mechanical ventilation. METHODS/DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, cross-over study. SETTING: Two int...

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Autores principales: de Mello Rieder, Marcelo, da Costa, Alexandre Doval, Vieira, Silvia Regina Rios
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19488605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322009000500006