Ventilator Weaning and Excursion Time Index: One Step Closer to the Quantum Leap?

October 2018, Volume 196, Issue 5, pp 503–504 | Cite as

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 20 July 2018

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1.Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of MedicineDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellManhassetUSA
2.Pulmonary & Critical Care MedicineW. W. Backus HospitalNorwichUSA