Reflecting on his sudden hospitalization last year, columnist Patrick Moeschen emphasizes the need to create an emergency medical plan.

Patients were excluded from testing if there was a plan to extubate to noninvasive ventilatory support either as a result of chronic use before the PICU admission or at the discretion of the ...

But there are no available ventilators. Furthermore, all other hospitals in the region are also at capacity. Doctors feel that the only way to accommodate Arthur in intensive care is if they extubate ...

For example, when there is no mechanical ventilator in the ICU, then there is no choice but to extubate a postoperative patient with open abdomen. Additionally, simple therapies, such as a homemade ...

Objective: To evaluate the performance of an extubation readiness test based on a spontaneous breathing trial using pressure support. Design: Retrospective chart review. Setting: Pediatric ...