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Patients may remain ventilated for years (home ventilation) as long as no other complications arise. Jan 7, 2013 . The answer is for as long as need be in the ICU. Once trached, if the patient can be weaned off the vent, they can go to the ward within the week. If they can't be weaned they can either go home with the help of specialized in-home intensive care services, or to a long term ventilator dependent institution (this may take weeks to months to set up). Oct 27, 2014 . All Answers (8) 1 Having low blood pressure is not a good sign, especially if refractory to the treatment. It may show that the patient is going through septic shock. 2 Having low blood pressures is not a good sign, especially if refractory. The patient might proceed to septic shock. Dec 29, 2012 . There is no precise limit. Some patients may survive for a long time. By and large the cause of death is infrequently respiratory failure , but MODS (multiple organ failure ) is the culprit. if no success in weaning from the ventilator, a tracheostomy should be performed relatively soon . Patients may remain ventilated for years (home ventilation) as long as no other complications arise https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/intensivecarehotline.com.questions/Tracheostomy+and+weaning+off+the+ventilator+in+Intensive+Care%2C+how+long+can+it+take-.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download These are the most common scenarios where a weaning off the ventilator with a Tracheostomy can be delayed and therefore difficult and the weaning process in Intensive Care can therefore then take many weeks and many months before a discharge out of Intensive Care is possible. Depression and lack of Quality of Life. That usually gives you, your critically ill loved one and the ICU team a good indication of how long the process might take to wean your loved one off the ventilator. The frequency that your loved one stays off the ventilator should increase day by day, with the goal to be off the ventilator within a few days or a week or two at the most. What we have to do if patient is in unconscious even after have been using ventilator and fits are observed some times while in ventilation process , the patient is a 68 year old and female and having 125/135pulse rate and bp is 20-24, oxygen pulse is 100. In your FREE report you'll also discover. 1 How to ask the doctors and the nurses the right questions. 2 Discover the many competing interests in Intensive Care and how your critically ill loved one's treatment may depend on those competing interests. 3 How to eliminate fear, frustration, stress, struggle and vulnerability even if your loved one is dying. All Answers (8) 1 Having low blood pressure is not a good sign, especially if refractory to the treatment. 2 Having low blood pressures is not a good sign, especially if refractory. @ 3 Samad Ej Golzari..I agree that we can not withdraw the patient from ventilator assuming that he/she would not survive.. Up to 20% of patients requiring mechanical ventilation will suffer from difficult weaning (the need of more than 7 days of weaning after the first spontaneous breathing trial), which may depend on several reversible causes: respiratory and/or cardiac load, neuromuscular and neuropsychological factors, and metabolic and endocrine disorders. Query: how long does ventilator weaning take
Ventilator weaning take more than 7 days.