title: Respiratory pharmacology and the weaning patient: implications for critical care nursing.
abstract: The process of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation may be facilitated by the appropriate selection and use of bronchodilators, mucolytics, steroids, and sedatives. This article discusses implications for the critical care nurse, focusing on the indications, applications, and evaluations of the drugs most commonly administered to patients prior to or during weaning from mechanical ventilation.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Luer
mesh_terms: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003422:Critical Care; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D005100:Expectorants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015300:Ventilator Weaning / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D005100:Expectorants; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives