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01.04.2007 | Correspondence
Comment on “Remembrance of weaning past: the seminal papers,” by Dr. Martin Tobin
verfasst von:
Wes Ely
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 4/2007
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Sir: In his recent contribution to
Intensive Care Medicine Dr. Tobin [
1] provided an excellent historical appraisal of many seminal manuscripts that have shaped modern-day concepts in weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. In the “weaning techniques phase II” subheading, however, a factual error occurred that requires correction. Dr. Tobin wrote that our 1997 study (actually published in 1996 [
2]) lacked internal validity because, “in the usual-care arm, 76% were managed with IMV [while] not one protocol patient was so managed. To conclude that protocols are superior, weaning methods need to be the same in the protocol and usual-care arms.” …