@article{2fa11ab98f8545e28c41e6c3e139debd,
title = "Nurses-Driven, Protocol-Directed Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation: Clinical Consequences and Acceptance by Intensive Care Unit Physicians",
author = "Mauricio Danckers and Hassan Khouli and Horiana Grosu and Raul Cruz and Nagesh Javhad and Elizabeth Awerbuch and Keith Rose and Raymonde Jean and Amelita Fidellaga and Qifa Han",
note = "PURPOSE: To assess clinical outcomes of nurse-driven protocol-directed weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV) and to evaluate the attitudes of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) physicians toward implementation of this protocol. METHODS: We performed a prospective, case-control study in a 13-bed medical-surgical ICU with low respiratory therapist staffing in a teaching hospital from January 2008 to June 2008 in patients mechanically ventilated for more than 24 hrs.",
year = "2011",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1378/CHEST.1107985",
language = "American English",
volume = "140",
journal = "Chest",
issn = "1931-3543",
publisher = "American College of Chest Physicians",
number = "4",
}