Principles of Weaning From the Mechanical Ventilation

Ventilatory support is an essential lifesaving therapy for intensive care patients with respiratory failure. Respiratory failure occurs when gas exchange becomes significantly impaired. The aim of mechanical ventilation is to provide adequate gas exchange in these patients. A goal of critical care clinicians is to liberate patients from ventilators on the first possible day and to avoid the multitude of complications associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation. Weaning from mechanical ventilation is the process of the transition from mechanical ventilation to unassisted breathing. We expressed our institutional approach, conditions and methods of weaning.