TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moataz Salah Khalil
AU  - Ezzat Samy Aziz , 
AU  - Medhat Mohammed Abdelmuttalib , 
AU  - Sahar Sayed Ismail Badawy , 
TI  - Difficult weaning from mechanical ventilation in ICU patients / 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Moataz Salah Khalil , 
KW  - Anesthesiology
KW  - ICU
KW  - Mechanical
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anaesthesia; Issued also as CD
N2  - Weaning from mechanical ventilation is a critical component  of ICU care . Early weaning is important to avoid complications of prolonged mechanical ventilation such as ventilator induced lung injury ventilator associated pneumonia increased duration and cost of ICU stay . Difficult weaning is caused by disease factors (e. g respiratory, cardiac, metabolic, and neuromusular)and clinician management factors (e. g. failing to recognize readiness to wean and inappropriate ventilator settings)
ER  -