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STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the usefulness of serial measurements of the rapid-shallow-breathing index (f/VT) as a predictor for successfully weaning elderly medical patients from mechanical ventilator support using a threshold value ([Symbol Not Transcribed]130) derived specifically for this
October 1, 1998; Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy

2. Effects of physical training on functional status in patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation.(Research Report)
...wean them off the ventilator. Outcome studies in patients requiring PMV in these care units have focused more on the weaning outcome, disposition, and survival data, whereas only limited information is available on functional status assessed using...
September 1, 2006; Physical Therapy