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Ventilator-Associated Event Prevention - NYS Partnership for Patients

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Decrease in Ventilation Time With<br />

a Standardized Weaning Process<br />

Compared 515 mechanically ventilated<br />

patients who underwent protocol-guided<br />

weaning from mechanical ventilation by<br />

respiratory therapists with 578 historical<br />

control patients who underwent physiciandirected<br />

weaning<br />

Mean hours of mechanical ventilation<br />

decreased by 58 hours, a 46% decrease<br />

(p

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