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. 2013 Jan;3(1):39-45.
doi: 10.1177/1941874412463944.

Ventilatory management and extubation criteria of the neurological/neurosurgical patient

M J Souter  1 , Edward M Manno
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Ventilatory management and extubation criteria of the neurological/neurosurgical patient

M J Souter et al. Neurohospitalist. 2013 Jan.

Abstract

Approximately 200 000 patients per year will require mechanical ventilation secondary to neurological injury or disease. The associated mortality, morbidity, and costs are significant. The neurological patient presents a unique set of challenges to airway management, mechanical ventilation, and defining extubation readiness. Neurological injury and disease can directly or indirectly involve the process involved with respiration or airway control. This article will review the basics of airway management and mechanical ventilation in the neurological patient. The current state of the literature evaluating extubation criteria in the neurological patient will also be reviewed.

Keywords: airway management; extubation criteria; neurological patient; ventilatory management.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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