CHEST-ATS Guidelines on Weaning/Extubation Ignore Scientific Principles

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Hines VA Medical Center; and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL. Electronic address: mtobin2@lumc.edu.

Comment

Martin J Tobin. Chest. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;151(5):1179-1180.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.01.039.

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Hines VA Medical Center; and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL. Electronic address: mtobin2@lumc.edu.

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