The weaning of long-term mechanical ventilator-supported patients

In the early 1950s, New York's Goldwater Memorial Hospital opened its first ventilator unit in response to polio epidemics. Now, nearly 60 years later, Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility on Roosevelt Island proudly maintains a national leadership role in prolonged mechanica...

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Published in:Long-Term Living 2007-01, Vol.56 (1), p.39
Main Authors: Frengley, J Dermot, Sansone, Giorgio R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Inpatient care
Internal medicine
Life support systems
Long term health care
Nonprofit hospitals
Nursing
Patients
Quality of life
Rehabilitation
Ventilators
Weaning
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Summary:In the early 1950s, New York's Goldwater Memorial Hospital opened its first ventilator unit in response to polio epidemics. Now, nearly 60 years later, Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility on Roosevelt Island proudly maintains a national leadership role in prolonged mechanical ventilator services and weaning programs, and is a forerunner in the provision of respiratory care. From 2001 through 2005, 832 patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation were admitted from both public and private acute care hospitals, almost all within New York City. All the patients admitted on a mechanical ventilator were assessed by one of the pulmonologists to see if an attempt to wean the patient from the ventilator was warranted. For weaning to be attempted, the patients needed to be medically stable, be able to trigger the ventilator, and have pulmonary functions measured from the ventilator that met recognized criteria for weaning.
ISSN:2573-8909
2573-8917