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Rapid Weaning in the ICU: Is There a Superior Method?

Weaning ventilated patients more quickly in the ICU requires a nursing-implemented sedation titration protocol or daily interruption of sedative infusions. Is one method superior? Medscape Critical...

Weaning: Tips for breast-feeding mothers

Ready to stop breast-feeding? Understand the basics of weaning your child from the breast.

Effect of Pressure Support vs Unassisted Breathing Through a Tracheostomy Collar on Weaning Duration in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation A Randomized Trial Weaning From Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

ImportancePatients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (>21 days) are commonly weaned at long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs). The most effective method of weaning such patients has not been...

What Chimpanzees Can Teach Us About Tooth Development And Weaning

For more than two decades, scientists have relied on studies that linked juvenile primate tooth development with their weaning as a rough proxy for understanding similar developmental landmarks in the...

Tooth development and weaning in chimpanzees not as closely related as once thought

Using a first-of-its-kind method, scientists have used digital photographs to show that, after the eruption of their first molar tooth, many juvenile chimps continue to nurse as much, if not more, tha...

Weaning Increases HIV Levels in Infected Mothers' Milk

Mothers with HIV risk passing the virus to their babies through breast milk, but now a study shows that the greatest risk of passing on the virus isn't correlated with the length of time a mother brea...

AMA Adopts Principles for Physician Employment

CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted new guiding principles for physicians entering into employment and contractual arrangements. The principles a...

Barium distributions in teeth reveal early-life dietary transitions in primates

Early-life dietary transitions reflect fundamental aspects of primate evolution and are important determinants of health in contemporary human populations. Weaning is critical to developmental and rep...

Predictors of prolonged weaning and survival during ventilator weaning in a respiratory ICU.

PURPOSE: An International Consensus Conference proposed classifying weaning into simple, difficult, and prolonged weaning. However, the usefulness of this classification in a respiratory intensive car...

Protracted Respiratory Insufficiency - Epidemiology and Network on Respiratory Weaning after Prolonged Ventilation.

The prevalence of difficult or prolonged weaning from the ventilator is increasing due to a growing number of multi-morbid, elderly and pulmonary deficient patients being mechanically ventilated. Inte...

An online survey of knowledge of the weaning guidelines, advice from health visitors and other factors that influence weaning timing in UK mothers.

The UK weaning guidelines recommend the introduction of solid food at or around 6 months. The evidence suggests that knowledge of the guidelines is high, although only a small minority of parents wait...

Management Factors Associated with Sow Reproductive Performance After Weaning.

To achieve optimal reproductive performance in pig herds, sows need to become pregnant as soon as possible after weaning. The aim of this study was to investigate herd and management factors associate...

Autophagy up-regulation by early weaning in the liver, spleen and skeletal muscle of piglets.

Autophagy, a catabolic process responsible for the degradation of cytosolic components and the preservation of cellular homeostasis in virtually all eukaryotic organisms, is up-regulated when nutrient...