MEASUREMENT ISSUES IN MECHANICAL VENTILATION WEANING RESEARCH

This article is the fifth in a series written by the Third National St udy Group on Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation sponsored by the Amer ican Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The authors express apprecia tion to the membership and Board of Directors of the American Associat ion of Critical-Care Nurses for sponsoring the work of the group and t o Dr. Victoria Champion and Dr. Nancy Dayhoff for thoughtful critiques of the manuscript.