title: Increasing the effective airway diameter on weaning of tracheostomized patients: choosing the right outcome.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, wagnernedel@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Wagner Luis
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Nedel
authors.forename: Flavia Daniela Carvalho
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Edison Moraes Rodrigues
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Filho
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014139:Tracheostomy; D015300:Ventilator Weaning
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