Summary: Dr. Rodrigo Cavallazzi discusses steps toward ventilator liberation including spontaneous breathing trial and other parameters to indicate readiness to wean. He then discusses strategies for weaning: optimizing fluid status, weaning protocols, sedation weaning, rehabilitation therapy. Some items in this lecture may have come from the lecturer’s personal academic files or have been cited in-line or at the end of the lecture. For more information, see our citation page. (https://laura-bishop.squarespace.com/citations) You may see our blog archive (http://www.louisvillelectures.org/blog-archive)for more lectures. Disclaimers (https://laura-bishop.squarespace.com/disclaimer)
