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Researchers from Free University discuss findings in respiratory medicine

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, February 22nd, 2007

New investigation results, "Stenting allows weaning and extubation in ventilator- or tracheostomy dependency secondary to benign airway disease," are detailed in a study published in Respiratory Medicine. "Central airway obstruction can cause severe respiratory insufficiency leading to mechanical ventilation (MV) or artificial airway (AA) dependency. Interventional bronchoscopic procedures have been reported to be of help in weaning patients with malignant airway stenoses from mechanical ventilation, whereas their use in benign disease is only anecdotal," researchers in Brussels, Belgium report.

"The objectives of this study are to evaluate early, intermediate and...

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