Bench-to-bedside review Weaning failure – should we rest the respiratory muscles with controlled mechanical ventilation.docVIP

Available online /content/10/1/204 Review Bench-to-bedside review: Weaning failure – should we rest the respiratory muscles with controlled mechanical ventilation? Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Spyros Zakynthinos and Charis Roussos Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, University of Athens Medical School, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece Corresponding author: Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, tvassil @ med.uoa.gr Published: 22 November 2005 Critical Care 2006, 10:204 (doi:10.1186/cc3917) This article is online at /content/10/1/204 ? 2005 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract distress syndro