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    • Pulmonology
    • Intensive Care Medicine
    • Respiratory Physiology

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    • Mechanical ventilation is crucial in intensive care, but prolonged weaning impacts patient outcomes.
    • Approximately 40% of ventilated patients experience difficult or prolonged weaning, contributing to 50% of intensive care unit (ICU) stays.
    • Conditions like chronic lung disease, neuromuscular disorders, and obesity lead to respiratory muscle insufficiency and failure, complicating weaning.

    Purpose:

    • To outline the classification, therapeutic strategies, and organizational aspects of managing patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation.
    • To provide a pneumologist's perspective on difficult and prolonged weaning from mechanical support.
    • To highlight the role of specialized weaning centers in Germany.

    Summary:

    • This article details the classification of prolonged mechanical ventilation and associated respiratory conditions.
    • Key therapeutic strategies and organizational frameworks for managing patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation are discussed.
    • The expertise of pneumologists and the function of established weaning centers in Germany are emphasized.

    Impact:

    • Improved understanding of prolonged mechanical ventilation weaning challenges.
    • Guidance for clinicians on managing complex weaning cases.
    • Potential for optimizing patient care and reducing ICU length of stay for prolonged ventilation patients.