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OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to: (1) Discuss the critical nature of the ventilator liberation decision. (2) Recognize the importance of the medical regimen in liberation protocols. (3) Describe the utility of the SBT as an assessment tool and the use of the RSBI as an assessment metric.

FACULTY DISCLOSURE:  Daniel R. Ouellette, MD, has financial interest in GSK, Sanofi, DevPro, Xentria, and aTyr in the form of researcher.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE:  Austin Metting, MD and Michael Volk, MD, have no relevant financial relationship(s) with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

ACCREDITATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION:  The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC:  Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

For information, please contact Aida Munoz-Murphy at [email protected]