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Oct 2025
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Episode 95: Spontaneous breathing trials...

Brandon Oto, PA-C, FCCM and Bryan Boling, DNP, ACNP, FCCM
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We discuss the evidence and practicalities of spontaneous breathing trials and ventilator weaning with Martin Tobin, pulmonologist and intensivist, author of seven textbooks including “Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation,” researcher, and pioneer of the entire concept of SBT as well as the RSBI (or “Tobin index”). Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! References … Continue reading "Episode 95: Spontaneous breathing trials with Martin Tobin"
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