From: The patient needing prolonged mechanical ventilation: a narrative review
• Accepted definition of prolonged mechanical ventilation | |
• Pathobiology and pathophysiology | |
• Best setting of mechanical ventilation | |
• Indications, time and modalities of decannulation | |
• Nutritional support | |
• Symptom management protocols | |
• Best sedation protocols | |
• Physical, psychological and cognitive long-term effects | |
• Early mobilization protocols | |
• Costs/benfits of different facilities |