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Title: When Does a Relapse Occur Following Successful Weaning From Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation?
Author(s): J Dermot Frengley,MD*; Giorgio R. Sansone,PhD; Yan Man,RRT; John J. Vecchione,MD; Chaudry Ghumman,MD; Mohammed Billah,MD; Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital, New York, NY
Session: Ventilator Discontinuation Strategies Posters
Number: AP2205 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Title: Declines in Mixed Venous O2 Saturation After Extubation Are Related To Increases in O2 Consumption
Author(s): Hazem Ubaissi,MD*; Vinayak Jha,MD; Guillermo Gutierrez,MD; George Washington University, Washington, DC
Session: Ventilator Discontinuation Strategies Posters
Number: AP2205 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Title: Management of Respiratory Failure With Humidified High Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy in an Adult Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Author(s): Kevynne Super,RRT; Steven A. Blau,MD*; North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Session: Ventilator Discontinuation Strategies Posters
Number: AP2205 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Title: Delivery of Oxygen via Humidified High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
Author(s): Ramez Sunna,MD*; Troy Whitacre,RRT; Sumi Prakash,MD; Andy Parker,DO; Ousama Dabbagh,MD; University of Missouri -Columbia, Columbia, MO
Session: Ventilator Discontinuation Strategies Posters
Number: AP2205 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Title: Assessment of Factors Predicting Extubation Failure
Author(s): Gagandip B. Singh,MD*; Rakesh Sinha,MD; Mary-Kavitha R. Vangala,MBBS; Osmond Agbo,MD; Farhad Arjomand,MD; The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
Session: Ventilator Discontinuation Strategies Posters
Number: AP2205 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Title: Prediction of Postextubation Stridor
Author(s): Anit B. Patel,MD*; Colin Feeney,MD; Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA
Session: Ventilator Discontinuation Strategies Posters
Number: AP2205 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Title: Protocol-Based Weaning Versus Physician-Driven Weaning in Mechanically Ventilated Patients in Critical Care Units of St. Lukes Medical Center
Author(s): Maria Peachy La Villanueva,MD*; Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines
Session: Ventilator Discontinuation Strategies Posters
Number: AP2205 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Title: Assisted Rapid Shallow Breathing Index of Less Than 80 Reliably Predicts Successful Extubation
Author(s): Jawed Abubaker,MBBS; Syed Moazzum Khurshid,MBBS; Asim Noor,MBBS; Muhammad Ali,MBBS; Safdar Khan,MBBS*; Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Session: Ventilator Discontinuation Strategies Posters
Number: AP2205 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Title: Chronic Ventilator Weaning Using Modified TIPS Protocol at a Long-term Acute Care Unit (LTAC) on Patient With Multiple Comorbidities
Author(s): Abdul Hamid Alraiyes,MD*; M.Chadi Alraies,MD; Joseph Sopko,CCP; Samer Alhindi,MD; Maria Velez,MD; Vicente Velez,MD; Coleen E. Gearhart,MSN; Case Westren Reserve / SVCH, Rocky River, OH
Session: Ventilator Discontinuation Strategies Posters
Number: AP2205 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Title: Combination of Sildenafil and Sitaxsentan for Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Author(s): Raymond Benza,MD*; Adaani Frost,MD; University of Alabama-Birmingham,, Birmingham, AL
Session: Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Posters
Number: AP2206 — 2008
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM

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