Weaning in a Pandemic Situation - A Position Paper

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The logistical and infectious peculiarities and requirements challenge the intensive care treatment teams aiming at a successful liberation of patients from long-term mechanical ventilation. Especially in the pandemic, it is therefore important to use all potentials for weaning and decannulation, respectively, in patients with prolonged weaning.Weaning centers represent units of intensive medical care with a particular specialization in prolonged weaning. They are an integral part of a continuous care concept for these patients. A systematic weaning concept in the pandemic includes structural, personnel, equipment, infectiological and hygienic issues. In addition to the S2k guideline "Prolonged weaning" this position paper hightlights a new classification in prolonged weaning and organizational structures required in the future for the challenging pandemic situation. Category A patients with high weaning potential require a structured respiratory weaning in specialized weaning units, so as to get the greatest possible chance to realize successful weaning. Patients in category B with low or currently nonexistent weaning potential should receive a weaning attempt after an intermediate phase of further stabilization in an out-of-hospital ventilator unit. Category C patients with no weaning potential require a permanent out-of-hospital care, alternatively finishing mechanical ventilation with palliative support.Finally, under perspective in the position paper the following conceivable networks and registers in the future are presented: 1. locally organized regional networks of certified weaning centers, 2. a central, nationwide register of weaning capacities accordingly the already existing DIVI register and 3. registration of patients in difficult or prolonged weaning.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

Enthalten in:

Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany) - 75(2021), 2 vom: 30. Feb., Seite 113-121

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Weaning in der Situation einer Pandemie – Ein Positionspapier

Beteiligte Personen:

Westhoff, M [VerfasserIn]
Geiseler, J [VerfasserIn]
Schönhofer, B [VerfasserIn]
Pfeifer, M [VerfasserIn]
Dellweg, D [VerfasserIn]
Bachmann, M [VerfasserIn]
Randerath, W [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 17.02.2021

Date Revised 11.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1055/a-1337-9848

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NLM319171051